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Birthday Celebrations of Musical Theater composers:
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Born on this day in 1930 composer Stephen Sondheim
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Happy 76th birthday composer Andrew Lloyd Webber
On this day in 1962 Harold Rome’s musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale opened on Broadway
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Birthday anniversaries of soprano Edith Mason (1893),
soprano/mezzo-soprano Martha Mödl (1912),
and bass-baritone Günter von Kannen (1940)
Happy 79th birthday baritone Alan Opie
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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