On this day in 1841 Adophe Adam‘s ballet Giselle premiered in Paris.
Happy Pride!
Happy 29th birthday baritone Jarrett Ott.
n this day in 1970 the movie Myra Breckinridge premiered.
Born on this day in 1927 dancer and choreographer Bob Fosse.
Happy birthday to critic Anne Midgette.
On this day in 1868 Richard Wagner‘s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg premiered in Munich.
Happy first day of summer!
On this day in 1825 Gioacchino Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L’albergo del giglio d’oro premiered at the Théâtre Italien, Paris.
Happy 73rd birthday soprano Eva Marton!
On this day in 1967 Barbra Streisand‘s A Happening in Central Park, uh, happened in New York.
On this day in 1961 premier danseur Rudolf Nurevey defected from the (then) Soviet Union to the west via Paris.
Happy 43rd birthday actor Neil Patrick Harris.
Born on this day in 1884 tenor John McCormack.
On this day in 1855 Verdi’s Les vêpres siciliennes premiered in Paris.
Happy Birthday, happy birthday, New York, New York!
On this day in 1922 singer, actress and vaudevillian Judy Garland was born.
Born on this day in 1934 film personality Donald Duck..
On this day in 1786 commercially made ice cream was first advertised in the United States.
Happy 53rd birthday tenor Roberto Alagna.
Today the world of opera mourns the death of soprano and pedagogue Phyllis Curtin, who passed away yesterday at the age of 94.
On this day in 1876 bananas were introduced to the United States at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
Born on this day in 1920 mezzo-soprano Fedora Barbieri.
On this day in 1937 Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for Gone With the Wind.
Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
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.
