Happy 40h birthday mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca.
Happy 71st birthday soprano Jessye Norman.
On this day in 1954 Britten’s Turn of the Screw premiered in Venice.
Born on this day in 1922 “The Peruvian Songbird,” Yma Sumac.
On this day in 1910 the premiere performance of Gustav Mahler‘s Symphony No. 8 in Munich featured a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players.
On this day in 1850 “Swedish Nightingale” Jenny Lind gave her first United States concert.
On this day in 1868 Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles premiered in Paris.
Born on this day in 1932 singer Patsy Cline.
Born on this day in 1900 soprano Joan Cross.
Happy birthday critic and lecturer Mark Berry.
Happy Labor/Labour Day US and Canadian Paterrians!
Happy 52nd birthday bass René Pape.
On this day in 1967 the TV game show What’s My Line? broadcast its final episode, after a 17 year run on CBS.
Happy 97th birthday dancer and choreographer Marge Champion.
Born on this day in 1751 dramatist Emanuel Schikaneder.
On this day in 1829 Rossini’s Guillaume Tell premiered in Paris.
Born on this day in 1922 soprano / mezzo-soprano / opera director Regina Resnik.
Happy 61st birthday avant-garde soprano, composer, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter Diamanda Galás.
Happy 64th birthday actor, producer and comedian Paul Reubens, aka “Pee-wee Herman.”
Born on this day in 1880 poet Guillaume Apollinaire.
Born on this day in 1918 composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Happy 86th or 87th birthday actress Vera Miles.
Happy 62nd birthday playwright, actor and diseuse Charles Busch.
Happy 77th birthday actress Valerie Harper.
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