Happy Birthday, happy birthday, New York, New York! 

Born on this day in 1931 soprano Yevgeniya Miroshnichenko.

Happy 84th birthday soprano Mimi Coertse.

Happy 83rd birthday director John Copley.

Happy 64rd birthday composer and conductor Oliver Knussen.

For Saturday, June 11:

Born on this day in 1864 composer Richard Strauss.

Born on this day in 1913 mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens.

Happy 90th birthday composer Carlisle Floyd.

Happy 74th birthday soprano Marina Krilovici.

[Your doyenne asks you to excuse her failure to post Saturday’s birthdays on the proper day. Her truancy should be understood as an artistic hommage to Mmes. Garland and Minnelli.]