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On this day in 1949, Jule Styne‘s musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes opened at the Ziegfeld Theater.

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On this day in 1949, Jule Styne‘s musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes opened at the Ziegfeld Theater.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcyDo0fthZI&start=58

Born on this day in 1865 composer Jean Sibelius
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuM-zZBmcdU

Born on this day in 1877 conductor Emil Cooper
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57WMuRdsk0

Born on this day in 1879 composer Rudolf Friml
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO40WAQqrAk

Born on this day in 1890 composer Bohuslav Martinu
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEmkTUGvpaM

Born on this day in 1903 soprano Irene Eisinger
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpst2g6-yAE

Born on this day in 1920 baritone Gérard Souzay
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5zrBxeokyw

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Dan Soda (Windy City Operaman) is a Chicago native whose first visit to opera was at age 17 and Massenet’s Werther with Troyanos and Kraus. Nothing was ever the same. Opera and concert performances, recordings and video are an obsession. He prepares Parterre Box’s daily birthday and anniversary tributes. He also enjoys concerts, live theater and movies.

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