Happy 85th birthday composer John Corigliano.

On this day in 1966 Metropolitan Opera debut of tenor Alfredo Kraus as the Duke of Mantua.

On this date Massenet’s Werther premiered in Vienna (1892)

Birthday anniversaries of tenor Tomáz Alcaide (1901), conductor Fernando Previtali (1907), composer Alec Wilder (1907), baritone Geraint Evans (1922), director John Schlesinger (1926) and soprano Marita Napier (1939).

Birthday anniversaries of conductor Eliahu Inbal (87) and opera television director Brian Large (84).