Happy 95th birthday performer Carol Channing.
Born on this day in 58 BC Livia, Empress consort of the Roman Empire and, eventually, goddess.
On this day in 1781 Mozart’s Idomeneo premiered in Munich.
On this day in 1916 Granados’ Goyescas premieres at the Met
Born on this day in 1756 composer and musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose opera Così fan tutte premiered in Vienna on this date in 1790.
On this day in 1957 Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites premiered at La Scala.
On this day in 1909 the Richard Strauss/Hugo von Hofmannsthal opera Elektra premiered in Dresden.
On this day in 1914 Victor Herbert’s Madeleine premiered at the Metropolitan Opera.
Born on this day in 1889 actor Franklin Pangborn.
Born on this day in 1897 soprano Rosa Ponselle
Happy Diamond Jubilee to tenor/baritone/conductor Plácido Domingo
Happy 83rd birthday tenor André Jobin
On this day in 1853 Verdi’s Il Trovatore premiered in Rome.
Happy 69th birthday to actress Andrea Martin!
On this day in 1900 Puccini’s Tosca premiered in Rome.
On this day in 1976 Sarah Caldwell became the first female conductor at the Met.
Born on this day in 1910 actress Luise Rainer.
Born on this day in 1755 Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
Happy 81st birthday baritone Sherrill Milnes.
Happy 60th birthday mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier!
On this day in 1981 The Pirates of Penzance opened at the Uris Theater to run 772 performances.
On this day in 1955 contralto Marian Anderson made her Metropolitan Opera debut.
Born on this day in 1412 martyr and saint Jeanne d’Arc
On this day in 1875 the Palais Garnier was inagurated in Paris.
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