On this day in 1950 Irving Berlin‘s musical Call Me Madam opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre to run 644 performances.Happy birthday soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs.Born on this day in 1935 tenor Luciano Pavarotti.Birthday anniversaries of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), soprano Gilda Dalla Rizza (1892), bass Herbert Alsen (1906), conductor Jerzy Semkow (1928) and tenor Bruce Brewer (1941),
Missus Sally Adams requests the pleasure of your company
On this day in 1950 Irving Berlin‘s musical Call Me Madam opened on Broadway.
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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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