On this day in 1876 Ponchielli’s La Gioconda premiered in Milan. 
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8vnu5f01WU

Born on this day in 1889 conductor Adrian Boult.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il658EuKEiQ&spfreload=1

Born on this day in 1902 conductor Josef Krips.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCKDxc0ws80

Born on this day in 1906 tenor Raoul Jobin.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv08RvPEknw

Born on this day in 1910 tenor Paul Kuen.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKdl80rcYRk

Born on this day in 1921 tenor Franco Corelli.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJlcVohCGSE

Born on this day in 1929 bass-baritone Walter Berry.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmsrhCxorVo

Born on this day in 1930 baritone John Reardon.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_YIgTW8rFU

Born on this day in 1947 tenor Walter Raffeiner.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuXnpzyjPYM

Happy 70th birthday mezzo-soprano Bruna Baglioni.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXbrLGNt1uo

Born on this day in 1949 soprano Sabine Hass.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrNk44IoTJ8

Happy 64th birthday mezzo-soprano Diana Montague.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiPypz_la68

Happy 60th birthday baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5FqNYyNgbs