Born on this day in 1946 soprano Edita Gruberova, performing music for the holiday . . .

Born on this day librettist Ranieri de’Calzabigi (1714)
composer Rafael Calleja (1874)
baritone Karl Schmitt-Walter (1900)
basses Josef Greindl (1912)
and Alexander Filippovich Vedernikov (1927)
and conductor Claudio Scimone (1934)

Happy 66th birthday tenor Frank Lopardo
Happy 64th birthday soprano Tiziana Fabbricini