Happy 88th birthday conductor Seiji Ozawa.

Birthday anniversaries of “one hit wonder” composer Johann Pachabel (1653), dramatist Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), composer (not pop singer) Engelbert Humperdinck (1854), conductor Tullio Serafin (1878), tenor Aksel Schiotz (1906), and baritone Kostas Paskalis (1929).

Happy 89th birthday soprano Orianna Santunione.

Happy 84th birthday bass Roger Soyer.

Happy 82nd birthday soprano Julia Varady.