On this day in 1774 Christoph Wilibald von Gluck‘s Iphigénie en Aulide premiered in Paris. 
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XlTToGP-g

Born on this day in 1892 composer Germaine Tailleferre.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTU3d9ugQK4

Born on this day in 1892 tenor Walter Widdop.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Ka60FRTOs

Born on this day in 1908 conductor Joseph Keilberth.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WBssalEqH4

Happy 93rd birthday mezzo-soprano Hertha Topper.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd8Df                                       Q

81st birthday conductor Bernhard Klee.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pdJWdcPaE

Happy 79th birthday tenor Kenneth Riegel.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnSX6EApAk0

On this day in 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel opened on Broadway.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-prii18M0I

Happy 52nd birthday soprano Natalie Dessay.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnb3m90nl-E

Happy 51st birthday soprano Veronique Gens.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4XeX3rgU9U

Happy 50th birthday soprano Barbara Frittoli.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3NBr86Oads