On this day in 1774 Christoph Wilibald von Gluck’s Iphigenia in Aulis premiered in Paris.

On this day in 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel opened on Broadway.

Birthday anniversaries of composer Germaine Tailleferre (1892), tenor Walter Widdop (1892), conductor Joseph Keilberth (1908) and mezzo-soprano Hertha Töpper (1924).