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Born on this day in 1904 choreographer Frederick Ashton
Born on this day in 1945 soprano Jessye Norman
On this day in 1954 Britten‘s Turn of the Screw premiered in Venice
Born on this day in 1938 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos
On this day in 1838 Berlioz‘s Benvenuto Cellini premiered in Paris
Born on this day in 1828 writer Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy
On this day in 1791 Mozart‘s La clemenza di Tito premiered in Prague
Born on this day in 1910 singer and actress Kitty Carlisle Hart
Born on this day in 1919 dancer Marge Champion
On this day in 1829 Rossini‘s Guillaume Tell premieres in Paris
Born on this day in 1922 soprano/mezzo-soprano/opera director Regina Resnik
Happy 75th birthday Irish mezzo-soprano (not Canadian pop singer) Ann Murray