1996 Death Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83 1984 Death Jan Peerce, Perelmuth, operatic tenor, dies at 80 following a stroke 1944 Birthday Kiri Te Kanawa, born in Gisborne, New Zealand, operatic soprano, Don Giovanni 1935 Birthday Luciano Pavarotti, born in Italy, Italian operatic tenor 1935 Birthday Martti Talvela, Hiitola Karelia Finland, operatic basso 1930 Birthday Roberta Peters, New York City, operatic soprano, New York Met 1929 Birthday Regine Crespin, Marseilles France, operatic soprano 1926 Birthday Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano, Met Opera 1926 Birthday Marguerite Piazza, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, operatic soprano, Young Broadway 1924 Birthday Mimi Benzell, Bridgeport, Connecticut, operatic soprano, Gilda-Rigoletto 1918 Birthday Birgit Nilsson, Karup Sweden, operatic soprano, Elektra, Salome 1913 Birthday Licia Albanese, born in Bari, Italy, operatic soprano, New York Met Opera 1912 Birthday Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone 1912 Birthday Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano 1902 Birthday Marian Anderson, born in Philadelphia, operatic contralto, banned by D.A.R. 1882 Birthday Amelita Galli-Curci, Italy, operatic soprano, Cave of the Winds 1873 Birthday Enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor, Faust 1783 Death Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84
