Born on this day 20th Century Fox stalwarts Tyrone Power (1914) and Alice Faye (1915).
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Born on this day in 1919 bass-baritone George London.
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On this day in 1955 the Richard Adler/Jerry Ross musical Damn Yankees opened on Broadway.
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Birthday anniversaries of composers Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819) and Hans Pfitzner (1869), soprano Yelena Andreyevna Stepanova (1891), conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), soprano Maria Caniglia (1905) and bass Kurt Böhme (1908).
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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