Born on this day in 1935 soprano Mirella Freni.

Birthday anniversaries of composers Joaquín Valverde (1846) and Hubert Parry (1848), contraltos Maartje Offers (1892) and Marian Anderson (1899), soprano Lotte Lehmann (1888), bass Arne Tyrén (1928) and tenor Alberto Remedios (1935)

Happy 82nd birthday soprano Margaret Curphey.