Born on this day in 1894 actress Pola Negri.
On this day in 1954 the Harold Arlen–Truman Capote musical House of Flowers opened on Broadway.
Happy 80th birthday actress Mary Tyler Moore.
Happy 50th birthday tenor Piotr Beczala.
Merry Christmas Parterrians!
On this night in 1951 Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors premiered on television.
Happy 70th birthday soprano Edita Gruberova (with music for the holidays.)
Born on this day in 1858 composer Giacomo Puccini.
On this day in 1921 Jerome Kern’s Sally starring Marilyn Miller was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld on Broadway.
On this day in 1981 Harry Krieger and Tom Eyen‘s musical Dreamgirls opened at the Imperial Theater.
Born on this day in 1900 soprano and Glyndebourne founder Audrey Mildmay.
On this day in 1966 How the Grinch Stole Christmas, based on the story by Dr. Seuss, aired for the first time on CBS.
On this day in 1965 the Astrodome opened.
Born on this day in 1899 composer, playwright and actor Noel Coward.
Happy 99th birthday soprano Hilde Zadek.
On this day in 1918 Puccini’s Il Trittico premiered at the Metropolitan Opera.
On this day in 1970, Neil Simon’s comedy The Gingerbread Lady opened at the Plymouth Theatre, to run 193 performances.
On this day in 1964 filming began for the first Star Trek pilot “The Cage.”
On this day in 1960 the Cy Coleman musical Wildcat opened on Broadway.
Born on this day in 1830 poet Emily Dickinson.
On this day in 1905 Richard Strauss‘s Salome premiered in Dresden.
On this day in 1949 the Jule Styne musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes opened on Broadway.
Born on this day in 1879 composer Rudolf Friml.
Born on this day in 1896 lyricist Ira Gershwin.
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Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
