On this day in 1791 Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte premiered in Vienna

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRn8FZA-Pa4 Happy 66th birthday opera director Peter Sellars Birthday anniversaries of composers Cyril Scott (1879) and Vincent Youmans (1898) and musicologist Philip Gossett (1941)   Happy 83rd birthday soprano Josephine Barstow Happy 72nd birthday tenor Peter Dvorsky Happy 71st birthday tenor Chris Merritt

Born on this day in 1930 tenor Fritz Wunderlich 

Happy 82nd birthday soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow.

On this day in 1968 mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Carmen.

Happy 88th birthday actress Sophia Loren.

Happy 74th birthday to supermodel, actress and singer Twiggy.

Happy 52nd birthday soprano Anna Netrebko.

Born on this day in 1925 actress and songstress Dorothy Loudon.

Left this world on this day 46 years ago in Paris.

Born on this day in 1945 soprano Jessye Norman.

Happy 79th birthday to triple threat Joey Heatherton.

Born on this day in 1903 actress Claudette Colbert.

Born on this day in 1938 mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos.

On this day in 1850 Swedish soprano Jenny Lind made her American debut at the Castle Garden Theatre in New York City.

On this day in 1838 Benvenuto Cellini premiered in Paris.

Born on this day in 1899 character actor Neil Hamilton.

On this day in 1960 Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho was released nationwide.

Happy 58th birthday soprano Angela Gheorghiu.

Happy 86h birthday to actress, comedian and singer Jo Anne Worley.

Happy 63rd birthday to soprano Karita Mattila.

On this day in 1936, RKO Radio Pictures released Swing Time.