Born on this day in 1930 composer Stephen Sondheim.

Happy 75th birthday composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

On this day in 1962 Harold Rome’s musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale opened on Broadway

Born on this day in 1912 soprano/mezzo-soprano Martha Mödl.

Birthday anniversaries of soprano Edith Mason (1893) and bass-baritone Günter von Kannen (1940)

Photo: Winnie Klotz/Metropolitan Opera

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