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On this day in 1934, Anything Goes, with words and music by Cole Porter, opened at the Alvin Theatre to run 420 performances.
On this day in 1967 conductor Herbert von Karajan bowed at the Metropolitan Opera in Die Walküre. Soprano Gundula Janowitz, bass Karl Ridderbusch and mezzo Gwendolyn Killebrew also made debuts.
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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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