Happy 60th birthday mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina.

Happy 65th birthday soprano Alessandra Marc.

Happy 81st birthday baritone Bernd Weikl.

Birthday anniversaries of composers Sigmund Romberg (1887), Aarre Merikanto (1893) and Avet Ruben Terteryan (1929); bass Ludwig Weber (1899); conductor Charles Farncombe (1919) and tenor Peter Schreier (1935).