On this day in 1876 the Bayreuth Festspielhaus opened with the first complete performance of the Ring

Birthday anniversaries of bass Maxim Dormidontovich Mikhaylov (1893),
tenors James Johnston (1903) and Francesco Albanese (1912),
and soprano Elizabeth Fretwell (1920)

Happy 84th (86th?) birthday mezzo-soprano Gertrude Jahn

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