Born on this day in 1914 librettist and composer John La Touche
Born on this day in 1939 soprano Lucia Popp
On this day in 1993 Dvorak‘s Rusalka finally appears at the Met. Gabriela Benacková does the honors.
Born on this day in 1759 poet and dramatist Friedrich von Schiller
Happy 59th birthday bass-baritone Bryn Terfel
Born on this day in 1927 soprano Ingrid Bjoner.
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Joan Sutherland
On this day in 1928 the American premiere of Richard Strauss‘s Die Ägyptische Helena at the Met. Maria Jeritza was the Helena.
On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera presented its very first Traviata. Marcella Sembrich is Violetta
Happy 52nd birthday baritone Mariusz Kwiecien
Born on this day in 1801 composer Vincenzo Bellini
Born on this day in 1906, film, stage and opera director and designer Luchino Visconti
Born on this day in 1923 soprano Victoria de los Angeles
Happy Halloween, Parterrians!
Stephen Schwartz‘s Wicked premiered on this day in 2003
On this day in 1956 La Divina made her Met debut as Norma
On this day in 1961 tenor Sandor Konya made his Met debut as Lohengrin. Ingrid Bjoner debuts as Elsa.
On this day in 1958 Met opening night Tosca with Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, and George London.
On this day in 1959 mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Azucena
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Galina Vishnevskaya
Happy 69th birthday soprano Cheryl Studer
Born on this day in 1921 soprano Denise Duval
On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera House opened with Gounod‘s Faust.
Born on this day in 1912 conductor Georg Solti
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.
