Happy 70th birthday actress Glenn Close.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI-hrMVWBf8

Born on this day in 1661 composer Francesco Gasparini.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihb9qTC1IsY

Born on this day in 1801 librettist Salvadore Cammarano.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFd8HxdAZyY

On this day in 1859 Charles Gounod’s Faust premiered in Paris.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEZFR_zNwv4

Five years later his opera Mireille also premiered.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS1UmV3yq_k

Born on this day in 1872 impresario Sergey Pavlovich Dyagilev.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWLag-4lkcc

Born on this day in 1898 baritone Armando Borgioli.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTsm-vGRCEk

Born on this day in 1911 tenor Erich Witte.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxRUuWzSrIU

Born on this day in 1912 lyricist and librettist Hugh Callingham Wheeler.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFBei6wdvM8

Born on this day in 1915 mezzo-soprano Nancy Evans.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnkYY1DBalY

Born on this day in 1921 baritone Robert McFerrin.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpdehvuuLe0

Born on this day in 1930 bass Boris Timofeyevich Shtokolov.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjHKskk850s

Born on this day in 1939 baritone Hermann Becht.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWyJaeKcQXY

Happy 71st birthday soprano Diana Soviero.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9DJd2vyRuw

Happy 73rd birthday soprano Eugenia Moldoveanu.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqQaDUNfVv0

Happy 68th birthday mezzo-soprano Carolyn Watkinson.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuLexEUAG-s