Born on this day in 1908 conductor and director Herbert von Karajan.

On this date in 1874 Johann Strauss Jr’s Die Fledermaus premiered in Vienna

Birthday anniversaries of composers Louis Spohr (1784) and Albert Roussel (1869), soprano Eugenia Ratti (1933) and bass Keith Engen (1925)

Happy 75th birthday tenor Dano Raffanti.

Happy 62nd birthday soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci.

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