On this day in 1966 Angela Lansbury entered the annals of musical theater immortality when Jerry Herman‘s Mame opened on Broadway.
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Happy 69th birthday mezzo-soprano Fiona Kimm.
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Birthday anniversaries of soprano Joan Hammond (1912), baritone Giuseppe Valdengo (1914) and conductor András Kórodi (1922).
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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