Questo e Quello

Go to death, and go to slaughter

On this day in 1981 The Pirates of Penzance opened at the Uris Theater to run 772 performances.

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On this day in 1981 The Pirates of Penzance opened at the Uris Theater to run 772 performances.  

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Born on this day in 1915 bass-baritone Karl Dönch
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpTcCvc7hcU

Born on this day in 1923 bass Giorgio Tozzi
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Born on this day in 1924 composer Benjamin Lees
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Born on this day in 1926 soprano Evelyn Lear
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Born on this day in 1935 vocalist Elvis Presley
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Happy 78th birthday bass Yevgeny Nesterenko
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paEA4ZeTU5w

Happy 74th birthday physicist Stephen Hawking
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Salz7uGp72c

Happy 70th birthday opera director Elijah Moshinsky
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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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