Happy 76th birthday Samuel Ramey! 

Birthday anniversaries of mezzo-soprano Sabine Kalter (1890), librettist Myfanwy Piper (1911), soprano Clara Petrella (1914), baritone Anselmo Colzani (1918), soprano Hanne-Lore Kuhse and baritone Dmytro Hnatyuk (both in 1925) and composer Robert Ashley (1930).

Happy birthday to contralto Elizabeth Bainbridge, tenor Nicola Martinucci and mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona.