On this day in 1498 Michelangelo was commissioned to carve the Pietà.

Born on this day in 1913 tenor Gino Sinimberghi

Born on this day in 1915 soprano Gré Brouwenstijn

Born on this day in 1923 conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch

Happy 76th birthday mezzo-soprano Gwendolyn Killebrew

… and conductor Nicholas Braithwaite