On this day in 1914 Riccardo Zandonai‘s Francesca da Rimini premiered in Turin.

Born on this day in 1743 composer Luigi Boccherini

Born on this day in 1897 baritone (and Brigitte’s father) Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder

Born on this day in 1932 director and designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Happy 76th birthday tenor Vladimir Atlantov

Happy 72nd birthday mezzo-soprano Stefania Toczyska