On this day in 1431 Joan of Arc was defeated by Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptRpbcOw2Q0
Born on this day in 1698 poet and librettist Pietro Metastasio
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnyixXJ5V3s
Born on this day in 1869 composer Charles Levadé
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuyilnX-274
Born on this day in 1914 conductor Rudolf Neuhaus
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e5ZlOACYq4
Born on this day in 1926 mezzo-soprano Nell Rankin
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pxw8oLohK4
Born on this day in 1930 tenor Gerd Brenneis
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8POPLbuHl1c
Happy 71st birthday conductor David Atherton
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WicREvSbhk
