Born on this day in 1819 composer Jacques Offenbach.

Birthday anniversaries of soprano Giannina Arangi-Lombardi (1891), conductor and pianist Wilfrid Pelletier (1896) and mezzo-soprano Helene Bouvier (1905).

Happy 86th birthday bass Stafford Dean. Happy 78th birthday tenor Wolfgang Neumann. Happy 77th birthday baritone Brent Ellis.