Today's operatic birthdays and events - October 21,2006

Today we can celebrate the birthdays of:

Virginia Zeani (1925)
Georg Solti (1912-1997)
John Alexander (1923-1990)
Joseph Cantelolube (1879-1957)

Also, the following works premiered on this date:

Gretry's "Richard Coeur de Lion" (1784)
Mussorgsky's "The Fair at Sorochinck" (1913)
Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld" (1858)