On this day in 1972 Stephen Schwartz’s musical Pippin opened on Broadway. Ben Vereen, Jill Clayburgh and Irene Ryan star.

Birthday anniversaries of composer Albert Lortzing (1801)
baritone Imre Palló (1891)
and soprano Denise Duval (1921)

Happy 82nd birthday conductor Lawrence Foster
Happy 72nd birthday soprano Mari Anne Häggander