Happy 46th birthday soprano Anna Netrebko. 
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q043wiL0Qw

Born on this day in 1852 poet and librettist Francis Burdett Money-Coutts.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rbpSMD5XC8

Born on this day in 1860 composer Alberto Franchetti.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7URjY9qzmgM

Born on this day in 1893 composer Arthur Benjamin.
(none of his operas excerpted on You Tube)
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bllvYME3QtI

Born on this day in 1897 composer Pablo Sorozábal.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ULkmrh45R4

Born on this day in 1910 composer Josef Tal.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wajUG_wlx0U

Born on this day in 1916 tenor József Simándy.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDXr0aIR7uw

Born on this day in 1932 mezzo-soprano Maureen Lehane.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK8ajWa-ivc

Happy 84th birthday bass-baritone Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeMWf5CzVM

Happy 81st birthday mezzo-soprano Ruth Hesse.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_mB_HjiK2M