Born on this day in 1912 soprano/mezzo-soprano Martha Mödl. 

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Born on this day in 1893 soprano Edith Mason.

Happy 86th birthday composer Stephen Sondheim.

Happy 76th birthday bass-baritone Günter von Kannen.

Happy 71st birthday baritone Alan Opie.

Happy 68th birthday composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

On this day in 1962 Harold Rome’s musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale opened on Broadway