On this day in 1970 Hello, Dolly! became the longest-running Broadway musical, surpassing My Fair Lady.
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Born on this day in 1828 writer Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy.
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Happy 47th birthday singer Michael Buble.
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Birthday anniversaries of opera and stage director Max Reinhardt (1873), soprano Miriam Licette (1892). director and designer Filippo Sanjust (1925), baritone William Dooley (1932) and conductor Richard Divall (1945)
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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