On this day in 1985 baritone Giuseppe Taddei made his belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Falstaff.

Birthday anniversaries of composers Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Nicola Conforto (1718), Jesús Guridi (1886) and Roberto Gerhard (1896); poet and librettist Jaroslav Kvapil (1868); baritone Dennis Noble (1899); soprano Gerda Lammers (1915) and conductor Colin Davis (1927).

Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

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