Born on this day in 1930 mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias

On this day in 1797 Luigi Cherubini’s Medée premiered in Paris

Birthday anniversaries of composer Hugo Wolf (1860),
conductor Fritz Busch (1890),
sopranos Maria Németh (1897) and Jennifer Vyvyan (1925),
mezzo-soprano Jane Rhodes (1929),
and baritone William B Murray (1935)

Happy 72nd birthday composer Wolfgang Rihm