Born on this day in 1930 mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias.

Happy 74th 79th birthday soprano Julia Migenes.

On this day in 1797 Luigi Cherubini’s Medée premiered in Paris.

Birthday anniversaries of composer Hugo Wolf (1860), conductor Fritz Busch (1890), sopranos Maria Németh (1897) and Jennifer Vyvyan (1925), mezzo-soprano Jane Rhodes (1929) and baritone William B Murray (1935).