On this day in 1850 Richard Wagner‘s romantic opera Lohengrin premiered at Weimar, conducted by Franz Liszt.  

Born on this day in 1849 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Born on this day in 1867 composer Umberto Giordano

Born on this day in 1901 soprano Irene Jessner

Born on this day in 1913 tenor Richard Tucker

Born on this day in 1894 conductor Karl Böhm

Born on this day in 1924 conductor Berislav Klobucar

Born on this day in 1927 baritone Nicolae Herlea

Born on this day in 1929 conductor István Kertész

Born on this day in 1931 bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk

Happy 84th birthday opera director Tito Capobianco

Born on this day in 1931 soprano Cristina Deutekom

Happy 74th birthday bass Paul Plishka

Happy 70th (68th?) birthday conductor Gustav Kuhn

Born on this day in 1948 mezzo-soprano Lucia Valentini-Terrani