On this day in 1774 Christoph Wilibald von Gluck‘s Iphigénie en Aulide premiered in Paris. 

Born on this day in 1892 composer Germaine Tailleferre.

Born on this day in 1892 tenor Walter Widdop.

Born on this day in 1908 conductor Joseph Keilberth.

Happy 93rd birthday mezzo-soprano Hertha Topper.
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81st birthday conductor Bernhard Klee.

Happy 79th birthday tenor Kenneth Riegel.

On this day in 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel opened on Broadway.

Happy 52nd birthday soprano Natalie Dessay.

Happy 51st birthday soprano Veronique Gens.

Happy 50th birthday soprano Barbara Frittoli.