On this day in 1781 the premiere of Mozart’s Idomeneo in Munich

Birthday anniversaries of composers Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782), Frederick Delius (1862) and Luigi Nono (1924), sopranos Maria Müller (1898) and Lois Marshall (1924), mezzo Ira Malaniuk (1919) and tenor Gegam Grigorian (1951).

Happy 82nd birthday bass Justino Díaz.