On this day in 1971 the Metropolitan Opera opened the final season of the Rudolf Bing regime with a revival of Don Carlo.

On this day in 1968 the Metropolitan Opera season opened with a revival of Adriana Lecouvreur featuring Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corelli.

Born on this day in 1905 actress Greta Garbo.

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

Born on this day in 1924 actress and coffee connoisseur Lauren Bacall.

Born on this day in 1945 soprano Jessye Norman.

Born on this day in 1933 actress Zoe Caldwell.

Happy 91st birthday actress Barbara Bain.

Born on this day in 1888 French entertainer Maurice Chevalier.

Happy 80th birthday to triple threat Lola Falana.

Born on this day in 1898 actress Bessie Love.

On this day in 1970 Hello, Dolly! became the longest-running Broadway musical, surpassing My Fair Lady.

On this day in 1948, the San Francisco Opera opened its season with a performance of Aida in Seattle. Featured were Stella Roman,
Blanche Thebom, Kurt Baum and Robert Weede.

Happy 57th birthday soprano Angela Gheorghiu.

Happy 85th birthday to actress, singer and comedienne Jo Anne Worley.

Happy 62nd birthday soprano Karita Mattila.

Happy 91st birthday to dancer Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber, better known as Mitzi Gaynor.

Born on this day in 1910 singer, actress and arts advocate Kitty Carlisle Hart.

On this day in 1924 the operetta Rose-Marie opened at the Imperial Theatre.

Born 100 years ago today actress and singer Yvonne De Carlo.

Born on this day in 1918 lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of soprano, mezzo-soprano and opera director Regina Resnik.

Born on this day 1915 actress Ingrid Bergman.

Born on this day in 1889 cinematographer James Wong Howe.