Happy 99th birthday composer Ned Rorem.

On this day in 1972 Stephen Schwartz‘s musical Pippin opened on Broadway. Ben Vereen, John Rubinstein, Jill Clayburgh and Irene Ryan starred.

Birthday anniversaries of composer Albert Lortzing (1801), baritone Imre Palló (1891) and soprano Denise Duval (1921).

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