Happy 66th birthday mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore

Born on this day in 1819 composer Jacques Offenbach

Happy 88th birthday soprano Marisa Galvany

Happy 81st birthday soprano Eva Marton

Born on this day in 1882 composer Igor Stravinsky

Born on this day in 1952 tenor Jerry Hadley

Born on this day in 1843 composer Edvard Grieg

Happy 58th birthday soprano Eva Lind

On this day in 1855 Verdi‘s Les vêpres siciliennes premiered in Paris

On this day in 1917 Hans Pfitzner‘s Palestrina premiered in Munich

Born on this day in 1864 composer Richard Strauss httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGAevS9l8yc Born on this day in 1913 mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrln63yGpx4 Born on this day in 1926 composer Carlisle Floyd httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl_Hs4PNT-c Happy 82nd birthday soprano Marina Krilovici httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYL07geWbdQ

Born on this day in 1922 entertainer Judy Garland

Happy 85th birthday soprano Ileana Cotrubas

Born on this day in 1810 composer Robert Schumann

Happy 61st birthday tenor Roberto Alagna

Happy 85th birthday tenor Giacomo Aragall

Happy 59th birthday soprano Sandrine Piau

Happy 58th birthday mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli

Happy 59th birthday baritone Peter Mattei

Happy 75th birthday tenor Neil Shicoff

Happy 79th birthday mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade

Born on this day in 1931 mezzo-soprano/soprano Shirley Verrett

Born on this day in 1920 bass-baritone George London

On this day in 1913 Igor Stravinsky‘s Le Sacre du printemps premiered in Paris; a riot ensued