On this day in 1951 Benjamin Britten‘s Billy Budd premiered in London

Broadway openings on this day:

In 1956 Leonard Bernstein‘s Candide

In 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s Flower Drum Song

In 1968 Burt Bacharach-Hal David‘s Promises Promises

Birthday anniversaries of composers Ernest Reyer (1823)
and Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych
and mezzo-soprano Heather Begg (1932)

Happy 63rd birthday soprano Leontina Vaduva

Merry Widow | Finger Lakes, NY | July 25-28

Merry Widow | Finger Lakes, NY | July 25-28

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Merry Widow | Finger Lakes, NY | July 25-28

Geneva Light Opera’s production of Lehar’s The Merry Widow will feature prize-winning baritone Bryan Murray and soprano Alexis Olinyk in the superb acoustics of in the landmark Smith Opera House in Geneva, New York on July 25, 27, and 28. A small city on the north end of the largest of NY’s Finger Lakes, Geneva…

From Geneva Light Opera

Geneva Light Opera’s production of Lehar’s The Merry Widow will feature prize-winning baritone Bryan Murray and soprano Alexis Olinyk in the superb acoustics of in the landmark Smith Opera House in Geneva, New York on July 25, 27, and 28. A small city on the north end of the largest of NY’s Finger Lakes, Geneva…

From Geneva Light Opera