Born on this day in 1912, the protean Martha Mödl.
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Happy 91st birthday composer Stephen Sondheim.
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Happy 73rd birthday composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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On this day in 1962 Harold Rome’s musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale 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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