On This Day

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On this day in 1937 the National Broadcasting Company formed a full-sized symphony orchestra

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Birthday anniversaries of author and poet Robert Louis Stevenson (1850)
and librettist and composer John La Touche (1914)

On this day in 1965 the musical Skyscraper opened on Broadway

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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