Happy 87th birthday conductor Seiji Ozawa.

Birthday anniversaries of “one hit wonder” composer Johann Pachelbel (1653), dramatist Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), composer (not pop singer) Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), conductor Tullio Serafin (1878), tenor Aksel Schiotz (1906) and baritone Kostas Paskalis (1929).

Happy 88th birthday soprano Orianna Santunione.

Happy 83rd birthday bass Roger Soyer.

Happy 81st birthday soprano Julia Varady.