On this day in 1901 Antonin Dvorak‘s opera Rusalka premiered in Prague. 

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS8Jsa797QQ

Born on this day in 1685 composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC5KpmK6oOs

Born on this day in 1732 composer Franz Joseph Haydn.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBfxKhDf6iI

Born on this day in 1893 conductor Clemens Krauss.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZZrg845J0

Born on this day in 1899 tenor Franz Völker.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ytIY3CKn_Y

Born on this day in 1911 soprano Elisabeth Grümmer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu81rus3mRM

Born on this day in 1924 bass Frederick Guthrie.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRKuEy7lbY

Happy 84th birthday tenor John Mitchinson.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIlzqhFU1AM

Happy 78th birthday bass-baritone Jozsef Dene.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p-7QKr0nd4

Happy 76th birthday soprano Olivia Stapp.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL_QPjcEjts

Happy 70th birthday soprano Christine Weidinger.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ysq2q4w-1Y

Happy 64th birthday soprano Nelly Miricioiu.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3fXok62IZY

Happy 62nd birthday tenor Dénes Gulyás.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZLa1xkz5Rc

Happy 61st birthday tenor Robert Gambill.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpSvziKgYbI

Happy 55th birthday composer Jake Heggie.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhnUmkcjWqU

Happy 49th birthday baritone Matthias Goerne.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgjYl_c3FzY