On This Day
Born on this day in 1919 dancer Marge Champion
Born on this day in 1935 conductor Seiji Ozawa
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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
Born on this day in 1926 baritone Thomas Stewart
Happy 83rd birthday bass Paul Plishka
Happy 75th birthday Irish mezzo-soprano (not Canadian pop singer) Ann Murray
Born on this day in 1915 soprano Gré Brouwenstijn
Born on this day in 1918 composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein
Happy 68th birthday director and administrator Francesca Zambello
Born on this day in 1900 composer Ernst Krenek
Born on this day in 1862 composers Claude Debussy
Happy 91st birthday mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker
On this day in 1828 Rossini’s Le comte Ory premiered in Paris
Born on this day in 1883 designer Coco Chanel
Born on this day in 1750 composer Antonio Salieri
Born on this day in 1686 composer Nicola Porpora
On this day in 1876 Wagner’s Siegfried premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Happy 68th birthday tenor Bruce Ford
Happy 64th birthdays to soprano Cecilia Gasdia
Happy 76th birthday soprano Kathleen Battle
Born on this day in 1944 tenor Peter Hofmann Birthday anniversaries of tenor Antonio Cortis (1891), mezzo-contralto Maria Olszewska (1892), soprano Trude Eipperle (1910), and opera director Harry Kupfer (1935) Happy 74th birthday soprano Melanie Holliday
Born on this day in 1927 conductor Raymond Leppard
Happy 72nd birthday soprano Ashley Putnam
