#OnThisDay:
📆February 12, 1912 #RudolfFriml and #OttoHarbach’s #operetta "The Firefly" opens at the #LyricTheatre, transferring later to the Casino, NYC; runs for 120 performances

#TheFirefly
#ClassicalMusic #History #Music
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In memoriam Robert E. #Kimball [°Aug. 23, 1939 – Jul. 1, 2026]🕯️😔🌹

#TheNewYorkPost #Broadway #IrvingBerlin #GeorgeGershwin #RichardRodgers #ColePorter #JeromeDKern #LorenzHart #IraGershwin #FrankLoesser #JohnnyMercer #SigmundRomberg #RudolfFriml #EveSchulman #RobertEricKimball #RobertKimball

📆February 12, 1912 Rudolf Friml and Otto Harbach's operetta "The Firefly" opens at the Lyric Theatre, transferring later to the Casino, NYC; runs for 120 performances.

#TodayInHistory #OnThisDay #Classical #Classicalmusic #Opera #Music #Operetta #thefirefly #LyricTheatre #RudolfFriml

#OnThisDay September 2, 1924 Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart's operetta "Rose-Marie" opens to rave reviews at the #ImperialTheatre, #NYC; runs for 577 performances

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#HerbertStothart
#operetta #Rose-Marie
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#ClassicalMusicHistory