Don’t depend on a holiday date
On this day in 1983 Angela Lansbury headlined a Broadway revival of Mame that ran only 41 performances.
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Born on this day in 1921 tenor Giuseppe di Stefano.
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Happy 55th birthday singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth.
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Birthday anniversaries of composers Adolphe Adam (1803) and Ernest Bloch (1880); poet and dramatist Frank Wedekind (1864); bass Bernard Ladysz (1922); baritone Neil Howlett (1934) and soprano Eilene Hannan (1946).
WindyCityOperaman
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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