Born on this day in 1922 dancer and actress Cyd Charisse.
Born on this day in 1875 composer, pianist and conductor Maurice Ravel.
Happy 77th birthday soprano Kiri Te Kanawa.
Born on this day in 1922 actor, director and screenwriter Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Born on this day in 1888 actress Rafaela Ottiano.
On this day in 1970 mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Adalgisa.
Born on this day in 1900 composer Kurt Weill.
On this day in 1979 Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler‘s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street opens at the Uris Theatre, to run 557 performances.
Happy 73rd birthday to Broadway diva Bernadette Peters.
Born on this day in 1899 contralto Marian Anderson.
Born on this day in 1802 author and playwright Victor Hugo.
On this day in 1973, the Prince-Sondheim musical A Little Night Music opened at the Shubert Theatre, to run 601 performances.
Happy 87th birthday soprano Renata Scotto.
Born on this day in 1927 soprano Régine Crespin.
Born on this day in 1921 actress Giulietta Masina.
Born on this day in 1953 Broadway diva Christine Ebersole.
On this day in 2020 a restudied production of West Side Story opened on Broadway.
Born on this day in 1911 or so actress Merle Oberon.
Born on this day in 1926 mezzo-soprano Rita Gorr.
On this day in 1904 Puccini’s Madama Butterfly had its disastrous premiere in Milan. Three years later, though…
Born on this day in 1908 ur-belter Ethel Merman.
On this day in 588 BC Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah’s reign.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy 88th birthday to actress Kim Novak.
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.
