On this day in 1955, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Pipe Dream, starring Helen Traubel as the proprietress of a small-town brothel, opened at Shubert Theater to run 245 performances. 

Born on this day in 1796 composer Carl Loewe

Born on this day in 1847 composer and conductor August Klughardt

Born on this day in 1939 conductor Walter Weller

Happy 73rd birthday soprano Luana DeVol

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