Born on this day in 1913 tenor Richard Tucker

Born on this day in 1894 conductor Karl Böhm

On this day in 1850 Wagner‘s Lohengrin premiered at the Staatskapelle Weimar

Birthday anniversaries of composer Umberto Giordano (1867),
conductors Berislav Klobucar (1924) and István Kertész (1929),
soprano Irene Jessner (1901),
baritone Nicolae Herlea (1927),
bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk, soprano Cristina Deutekom and opera director Tito Capobianco (all in 1931),
and mezzo-soprano Lucia Valentini-Terrani (1948)

Happy 79th birthday conductor Gustav Kuhn

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