Born on this day in 1714 composer Christoph Willibald von Gluck

On this day in 1933 Richard Strauss‘s Arabella premiered in Dresden

Happy 66th birthday conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

Born on this day in 1914 conductor and composer Rafael Kubelík

Born on this day in 1902 composer Richard Rodgers

Born on this day in 1932 soprano Anna Moffo

Born on this day in 1916 baritone Giuseppe Taddei

On this day in 1870 Wagner‘s Die Walküre premiered in Munich

On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera’s first Met in the Parks performance in Crocheron Park, Bayside, Queens

Born on this day in 1927 dancer and choreographer Bob Fosse

Born on this day in 1904 choreographer and opera director Margarethe Wallmann

Happy 66th birthday mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore

Born on this day in 1819 composer Jacques Offenbach

Happy 88th birthday soprano Marisa Galvany