Tie a red ribbon round the ole oak tree
World AIDS Day 2024
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On this day in 1951 Benjamin Britten‘s Billy Budd premiered in London
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Broadway openings on this day:
In 1956 Leonard Bernstein‘s Candide
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In 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s Flower Drum Song
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In 1968 Burt Bacharach–Hal David’s Promises Promises
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Birthday anniversaries of composers Ernest Reyer (1823) and mezzo-soprano Heather Begg (1932)
Happy 64th birthday soprano Leontina Vaduva
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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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