Happy 79th birthday to protean diva Grace Bumbry!  

Born on this day in 1710 composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

On this day in 1843 Donizetti’s Don Pasquale premiered in Paris

Born on this day in 1869 conductor Percy Pitt

Born on this day in 1881 conductor and impersario Gaetano Merola

Born on this day in 1892 baritone André Baugé

Happy 67th birthday soprano Margaret Marshall

Happy 62nd birthday tenor Peter Seiffert