Happy 65th birthday soprano Maria Guleghina

Happy 87th birthday stage director Sonja Frisell

Born on this day in 1903 soprano Maria Reining

Born on this day in 1954 writer, editor, and parterre creator James Jorden

Born on this day in 1890 conductor Erich Kleiber

Happy 64th birthday soprano Deborah Voigt

Happy 65th birthday baritone Simon Keenlyside

Happy 87th birthday soprano Gundula Janowitz

Born on this day in 1926 bass Theo Adam

Born on this day in 1930 tenor Pedro Lavirgen

Born on this day in 1925 bass Carlos Feller

Happy 61st birthday mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina

Happy 83rd birthday conductor Riccardo Muti

Happy 72nd birthday soprano Carol Vaness

Happy 56th birthday soprano Anne Schwanewilms

Born on this day in 1894 soprano Yvonne Printemps

Born on this day in 1921 tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano

Happy 64th birthday mezzo-soprano Susan Graham

Born on this day in 1909 soprano Licia Albanese

Born on this day in 1936 soprano Ursula Schröder-Feinen

Born on this day in 1938 actresses Natalie Wood and Diana Rigg

Born on this day in 1868 soprano Florence Foster Jenkins

Happy 70th birthday composer Tobias Picker

Born on this day in 1914 soprano Eleanor Steber