On this day in 1910 Engelbert Humperdinck’s “other” opera Königskinder premiered at the Met.  

Born on this day in 1893 tenor Miguel Fleta

Born on this day in 1896 composer Roger Sessions

Born on this day in 1913 baritone Paolo Silveri

Happy 78th birthday soprano Rita Orlandi Malaspina

Happy 49th birthday tenor Piotr Beczala

Happy birthday to American tenors Richard Troxell…

… and Jonathan Blalock.