On this day in 1987, Waltraud Meier made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Fricka in a new production of Das Rheingold.  

Born on this day in 1899 contralto Mary Jarred

Born on this day in 1900 soprano Marcelle Bunlet

Born on this day in 1919 soprano Irmgard Seefried

Happy 78th birthday soprano Joan Carden

Happy 62nd birthday mezzo-soprano Sally Burgess

Happy 52nd birthday soprano Christiane Oelze

Photo: Winnie Klotz