Happy 51st birthday tenor Piotr Beczala. 

Born on this day in 1893 tenor Miguel Fleta.

Born on this day in 1896 composer Roger Sessions.

On this day in 1910 Engelbert Humperdinck‘s “other” opera Königskinder premiered at the Met.

Born on this day in 1913 baritone Paolo Silveri.

Happy 80th birthday soprano Rita Orlandi Malaspina.

On this day in 1944 the Leonard Bernstein-Betty Comden-Adolph Green musical On the Town premiered on Broadway.

Happy birthday tenor and administrator Jonathan Blalock.