Birthday anniversaries of “one hit wonder” composer Johann Pachelbel (1653),
dramatist Emanuel Schikaneder (1751),
composer (not pop singer) Engelbert Humperdinck (1854),
conductor Tullio Serafin (1878),
tenor Aksel Schiotz (1906),
baritone Kostas Paskalis (1929),
and soprano Orianna Santunione (1934)

Happy 85th birthday bass Roger Soyer
Happy 83rd birthday soprano Julia Varady

And a special happy birthday to friend of the box Dorothy Bishop