Happy 84th birthday soprano Olivia Stapp

Happy 53rd birthday soprano Diana Damrau

On this day in 1817 Rossini‘s La gazza ladra premiered in Milan

Birthday anniversaries of composer Marin Marais (1656)
conductor Louis Fourestier (1892),
mezzo-soprano Edith Coates (1908),
countertenor Alfred Deller (1912),
and soprano Florence Quartararo (1922)

Happy 75th birthdays to bass-baritone Alfred Muff
Happy 78th birthday soprano Nancy Shade
Happy 69th birthday composer Bruce Adolphe