Birthday anniversaries of librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824)
composers Johann Strauss Jr (1825)
and Georges Bizet (1838)
conductor Karl Elmendorff (1891)
sopranos Anita Välkki (1926)
and Hana Janku (1940)
and tenor Giuliano Ciannella (1943)

Happy 81st birthday contralto Ortrun Wenkel

On this day in 1995 the stage musical Victor/Victoria opened on Broadway