On this day in 1980 baritone Leo Nucci made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Renato.

Birthday anniversaries of baritone Robert Weede (1903), tenor José Soler (1904), bass Hervey Alan (1910), soprano and Hollywood “ghost” singer Marni Nixon (1930) and baritone Silvano Carroli (1939)

Happy 93rd birthday soprano/mezzo-soprano Anny Schlemm.