On this day in 1985 baritone Giuseppe Taddei made his belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Falstaff.

Birthday anniversaries of composers Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Nicola Conforto (1718), Jesús Guridi (1886) and Roberto Gerhard (1896); poet and librettist Jaroslav Kvapil (1868); baritone Dennis Noble (1899); soprano Gerda Lammers (1915) and conductor Colin Davis (1927).

Happy 65th birthday sopranos Rita Cullis (65) and Adelina Scarabelli (64).