On this day in 1924, the operetta Rose-Marie opened at the Imperial Theatre, to run 557 performances.
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Happy 101st birthday dancer Marge Champion.
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Birthday anniversaries of soprano Rosetta Pampanini (1896) and tenor Set Svanholm (1904).
Happy birthday to director Paul Curran!
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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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