On this day in 1862 Gounod’s La Reine de Saba premiered in Paris. 

And on various leap year days:

In 1836 Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots premiered in Paris.

Birthday anniversaries of composer Gioacchino Rossini (1792) and songstress Dinah Shore (1916).

Happy 87th birthday soprano Reri Grist.