Born on this day in 1843 soprano Adelina Patti.

Premieres of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffman in Paris (1881), Rimski-Korsakov’s Snegurochka in St Petersburg (1882) and Howard Hanson’s Merry Mount in New York City (1934).

Birthday anniversaries of playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898), mezzo-soprano Gianna Pederzini (1900), soprano Maria Cebotari (1910), conductor Henry Krips (1912) and bass Cesare Siepi (1923).