Today's Birthdays in Music: September 1 (Ozawa, Humperdinck, Schikaneder)

1935 - Seiji Ozawa, Shenyang, China; conductor

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Seiji Ozawa conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Dvořák's Carnival Overture



1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, Siegburg, Germany; composer (Hänsel und Gretel)

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Overture to Hänsel und Gretel (Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer conducting)



1751 - Emanuel Schikaneder, Straubing, Germany; impresario, actor, singer, librettist (Die Zauberflöte)


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Today's Birthdays in Music: May 3 (Simoneau, D'Oyly Carte)

1916 - Léopold Simoneau, St-Flavien, Québec, Canada; opera tenor

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Léopold Simoneau sings "Dalla sua pace" from Mozart's Don Giovanni



1844 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, London, England; impresario (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company)

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Act 1 Finale of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's 1990 production on BBC2)

Today's Birthdays in Music: March 22 (Rosa, Mödl)

1842 - Carl Rosa, Hamburg, Germany; conductor, violinist, impresario (Carl Rosa Opera Co.)

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Carl Rosa Opera Co.

1912 - Martha Mödl, Nuremberg, Germany; opera soprano and mezzo-soprano

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Martha Mödl as The Countess from Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades (1981)