Born on this day in 1910 composer Samuel Barber; also born on this day in 1930 conductor Thomas Schippers.

Operatic premieres:

• Verdi’s Nabucco in Milan (1842)
• Verdi’s Ernani in Venice (1844)
• Otto Nicolai’s Die lustige Weiber von Windsor in Berlin (1849)
• Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet in Paris (1868)