Born on this day in 1929 baritone Eberhard Waechter.
>Born on this day in 1912 soprano Christel Goltz.
Born on this day in 1899 film director and producer George Cukor.
Born on this day in 1917, 1915 or, most likely, 1910, soprano Dorothy Kirsten.
Born on this day in 1889 writer, filmmaker and designer Jean Cocteau.
Happy Independence Day All U.S. Parterrians!
Happy 80th birthday mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender.
Born on this day in 1714 composer Christoph Willibald von Gluck.
On this day in 1933 Richard Strauss’ Arabella premiered in Dresden.
Born on this day in 1685 playwright and librettist John Gay.
Born on this day in 1911 composer Bernard Herrmann.
Born on this day in 1902 composer Richard Rodgers.
Born on this day in 1932 soprano Anna Moffo.
On this day in 1911, The Ziegfeld Follies opened at the rooftop Jardin de Paris.
Happy birthday baritone Jarrett Ott!
On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera presented its first Met in the Parks performance in Crocheron Park, Bayside, Queens.
Born on this day in 1927 director-choreographer Bob Fosse.
Born on this day in 1906 filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist Billy Wilder.
Born on this day in 1921 Oscar and Tony winning actress Judy Holliday.
On this day in 1967, the Metropolitan Opera presented La Gioconda as part of Lincoln Center’s Festival ’67.
Born on this day 1854 composer Alfredo Catalani.
Happy 76th birthday soprano Eva Marton.
Born on this day in 1818 composer Charles-François Gounod.
Happy 89th birthday stage designer and director Pier Luigi Pizzi.
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.
