On this day in 1858 Jacques Offenbach‘s opera Orphée aux Enfers premiered in Paris.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qmlE4Me1g&start=102

Born on this day in 1822 librettist Michel Carré

Born on this day in 1847 librettist Giuseppe Giacosa

Born on this day in 1879 composer Joseph Canteloube

Born on this day in 1912 conductor Georg Solti

Born on this day in 1923 tenor John Alexander

Happy 90th birthday soprano Virginia Zeani

Born on this day in 1935 tenor Kenneth Collins

Happy 68th birthday bass and teacher Richard Crist

Happy birthday Web producer/baritone Nick Scholl

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