On this day in 1946 Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Imperial Theater, to run 1,147 performances. Born on this day in 1894 tenor Armand TokatyanBorn on this day in 1909 conductor Willi BoskovskyBorn on this day in 1923 composer and conductor Henryk CzyzBorn on this day in 1923 soprano Gladys KuchtaBorn on this day in 1928 conductor Sergiu ComissionaBorn on this day in 1934 composer Lucia DlugoszewskiBorn on this day in 1952 tenor Jerry Hadley
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On this day in 1946 Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Imperial Theater, to run 1,147 performances.
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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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