Editing Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/January 26

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*[[1911]] – The opera Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss premiered at the Semperoper in Dresden, becoming one of the most performed operas of the 20th century.
*[[1988]] – Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show in Broadway history, opened at the Majestic Theatre.
*[[2003]] – The 19th Sundance Film Festival concluded, celebrating a pivotal year for independent documentary filmmaking.
*[[1951]] – The film Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, starring Ava Gardner and James Mason, premiered in London, later becoming a cult classic for its technicolor cinematography.

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|[[Paul Newman]]|b|1925
|[[Ellen DeGeneres]]|b|1958
|[[Kobe Bryant]]|d|2020
|[[Edward G. Robinson]]|d|1973
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