Happy 40th birthday to queer mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton.

On this day in 1991 soprano Deborah Voigt made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Amelia.

Three Broadway openings:

Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick‘s Tenderloin (1960).

Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz‘s Jennie with Mary Martin (1963).

Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner‘s On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965).