Born on this day in 1770 composer Ludwig van Beethoven

Birthday anniversaries of composers Adrien Boieldieu (the father, not the son) (1775) and Zoltán Kodály (1882), conductor Artur Bodanzky (1877), and tenors James McCracken (1926), Donald Grobe (1929) and Philip Langridge (1939)

Happy 92nd birthday composer Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin
Happy 78th birthday conductor and harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock

And a happy birthday to our very own Camille

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parterre box is launching a new themed regular feature curated by our readers and opera fans across the world! We are asking for your favorite clips, recordings, and anecdotes to get people chatting, listening, and thinking.

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