On this day in 1835 Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor premiered in Naples
On this day in 1985 baritone Giuseppe Taddei made his belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Falstaff
Baritone day!
Born on this day in 1907 bass Nicola Moscona…
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Happy 73rd birthday baritone Alessandro Corbelli
Happy 90th birthday actress Sophia Loren
Born on this day in 1918 mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom (some sources say 1915)
Happy 53rd birthday soprano Anna Netrebko
Born on this day in 1904 choreographer Frederick Ashton
Happy 75th birthdays directors Christopher and David Alden
Born on this day in 1945 soprano Jessye Norman
On this day in 1954 Britten‘s Turn of the Screw premiered in Venice
Born on this day in 1939 soprano Arleen Augér
Born on this day in 1938 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos
Happy 89th birthday composer Arvo Pärt
On this day in 1838 Berlioz‘s Benvenuto Cellini premiered in Paris
Born on this day in 1828 writer Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy
Born on this day in 1841 composer Antonín Dvorak
Happy 59th birthday soprano Angela Gheorghiu
On this day in 1791 Mozart‘s La clemenza di Tito premiered in Prague
Happy 64th birthday soprano Karita Mattila
Happy 60th birthday bass René Pape
Born on this day in 1910 singer and actress Kitty Carlisle Hart
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.
