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On this day in 1953 the musical Carnival in Flanders opened at the New Century Theater in New York, to run six performances.
On this day in 1953 the musical Carnival in Flanders opened at the New Century Theater in New York, to run six performances. Leading lady Dolores Gray won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the shortest-lived Tony-honored performance ever.
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Born on this day in 1841 composer Antonín Dvorak
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Born on this day in 1863 composer Gustavo E Campa
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Born on this day in 1921 composer Hans Ulrich Engelmann
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Happy 86th birthday conductor Christoph von Dohnányi
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Happy 82nd birthday composer and festival director Eric Salzman
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Happy 81st birthday composer Peter Maxwell Davies
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Happy 67th birthday soprano Veronika Kincses
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WindyCityOperaman
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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