Born on this day in 1921 tenor Franco Corelli.

On this day in 1876 Ponchielli’s La Gioconda premiered in Milan.

Birthday anniversaries of conductors Adrian Boult (1889) and Josef Krips (1902), tenor Raoul Jobin (1906), Paul Kuen (1910) and Walter Raffeiner (1947), bass-baritone Walter Berry (1929), baritone John Reardon (1930) and soprano Sabine Hass (1949).