Happy 61st birthdays to soprano Cecilia Gasdia and actress/singer Sarah Brightman.

Birthday anniversaries of soprano Emma Luart (1892), conductor Franz Konwitschny (1901), baritone and teacher Martial Singher (1904), tenor Ferruccio Tagliavini (1913), stage director Giorgio Strehler (1921), composer William Flanagan (1923) and conductor Georges Prêtre (1924).