Born on this day in 1915 singer and actor Frank Sinatra
Born on this day in 1803 composer Hector Berlioz
On this day in 1910 Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West had its world premiere at the Met.
On this day in 1901 Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Francesca da Rimini premiered in Rome starring Eleonora Duse and Gustavo Salvini
On this day in 1849 Verdi’s Luisa Miller premiered in Naples
Born on this day in 1863 composer Pietro Mascagni
On this day in 1846 Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust premiered in Paris
Happy 77th birthday tenor José Carreras
Born on this day in 1921 Deanna Durbin
On this day in 1993, the first issue of parterre box was published
Born on this day 100 years ago
World AIDS Day 2023
Happy 81st birthday soprano Luana DeVol
On this day in 1948 Verdi‘s Otello was the first opera to be telecast from the Metropolitan Opera
Birthday anniversaries of sopranos Helen Jepson (1904)…
On this day in 1843 Michael Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl premiered in London
Happy 82nd birthday mezzo-soprano Susanne Marsee
Happy 78th birthday baritone Håkan Hagegård
On this day in 1938 tenor Jussi Bjoerling made his Met debut as Rodolfo.
Happy Thanksgiving, US Parterrians!
Born on this day in 1913 composer Benjamin Britten
On this day in 1967 conductor Herbert von Karajan bows at the Metropolitan Opera in Walkure.
On this day in 1907 bass Fyodor Chaliapin made his Met debut as Boito‘s Mefistofele
On this day in 1962 soprano Regine Crespin made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Marschallin.
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.
