Happy 54th birthday soprano Natalie Dessay.

On this day in 1774 Christoph Wilibald von Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide premiered in Paris.

On this day in 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel opened on Broadway.

Happy 95th birthday mezzo-soprano Hertha Töpper.

Happy 83rd birthday conductor Bernhard Klee.

Happy 81st birthday tenor Kenneth Riegel.

Happy 53rd birthday soprano Veronique Gens.

Happy 52nd birthday soprano Barbara Frittoli.