On this day in 1850 Richard Wagner‘s romantic opera Lohengrin premiered at Weimar, conducted by Franz Liszt.  

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FioGST4B4Jg

Born on this day in 1849 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUUKRjhv678

Born on this day in 1867 composer Umberto Giordano
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXnyxVBrNNQ

Born on this day in 1901 soprano Irene Jessner
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V807xSrkW6k

Born on this day in 1913 tenor Richard Tucker
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNDEpp8nzZ0

Born on this day in 1894 conductor Karl Böhm
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhdB8_ioGZY

Born on this day in 1924 conductor Berislav Klobucar
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZqyNIEblDM

Born on this day in 1927 baritone Nicolae Herlea
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnC-fpeO9Os

Born on this day in 1929 conductor István Kertész
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MBzLdGHTMk

Born on this day in 1931 bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E84H7k5L6lE

Happy 84th birthday opera director Tito Capobianco
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSh7ZZX9o2c

Born on this day in 1931 soprano Cristina Deutekom
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bs-gERYKSI

Happy 74th birthday bass Paul Plishka
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ7zN81DYPs

Happy 70th (68th?) birthday conductor Gustav Kuhn
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9GyeFBZozg

Born on this day in 1948 mezzo-soprano Lucia Valentini-Terrani
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT67EJtoNBA