Born on this day – Nelly Corradi:

Nelly Corradi

Opera singer

Soprano

Actress

December 16, 1914 – April 16, 1968

Credits:

Gli orizzonti del sole (1955); House of Ricordi (1954); Puccini (1953); The Count of Saint Elmo (1951); La forza del destino (1950); Faust and the Devil (1949); The Lost One (1947); Barber of Seville (1947); Elixir of Love (1947); Lucia di Lammermoor (1946); La danza del fuoco (1943); Measure for Measure (1943); Fari nella nebbia (1942); Barbablù (1941); La zia smemorata (1940); Il ladro sono io (1940); Nobody's Land (1939); Il torrente (1938); Dimmed Lights (1936); Le scarpe al sole (1935); Everybody's Woman (1934).

Born on this day – Maria Callas:

Maria Callas

Opera singer

Soprano

December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977

Born on this day – Jessye Norman:

Jessye Norman

Opera singer

Recitalist

September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019

Credits:

Albums:

Alceste (1982); Amazing Grace (1990); Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle (1998); Bluebeard's Castle (Hungarian State Orchestra feat. conductor: Adam Fischer) (1988); Brahms Edition: Lieder (1996); Brahms: Lieder (1983); Brettl-Lieder (1993); Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer; Chanson perpétuelle; Mélodies – Apex (1990); Das Festkonzert zur Weihnachtszeit: Ein großer Abend aus Notre-Dame (1992); Dido and Aeneas (English Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: Raymond Leppard) (1986); Die Walküre (Erich Leinsdorf, The London Symphony Orchestra feat. Nilsson, Vickers & London) (1999); I Was Born In Love With You - Music By Michel Legrand (2000); I Was Born in Love With You: Jessye Norman Sings Michel Legrand (2000); In the Spirit (1996); Jessye Norman - Roots: My Life, My Song (2009); Jessye Norman Live (1988); La Belle Hélène (1985); Les Contes d´Hoffmann - Jacques Offenbach (1994); Lieder (1980); Lieder (soprano: Jessye Norman, piano: Daniel Barenboim) (1983); Lohengrin (1987); Lucky To Be Me (1992); Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde (1982); Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn & Rückert-Lieder / Schubert: Lieder (1972); Mahler: Symphony No. 6; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1970); Purcell: Dido & Aeneas; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (1962); Recitals: An Evening with Jessye Norman (2009); Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs (2008); Roméo et Juliette (1998); Sacred Songs (1981); Salzburg Recital (1991); Schubert: Lieder (1985); Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben; Liederkreis, Op.39 (1976); Sinfonía n° 9 (1989); Spirituals (1979); Spirituals in Concert (1991); Symphony No. 3 (1982); The Compact Opera Collection: Carmen (1989); The Essential Jessye Norman (2004); The Unreleased Masters (2023); Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Wagner: Die Walkure (2011); Wagner: Lohengrin (1963); Wagner: Scenes from Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer & Götterdämmerung (1988); Wagner: Wesendonk Lieder; Tristan & Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod (1976); Weber: Euryanthe (1976); With a Song in My Heart (1984).

Songs:

Adams: The Holy City / Sacred Songs (1981); Amazing Grace / Sacred Songs (1981); Amen / Christmastide (2009); Barcarolle / Les Contes d´Hoffmann - Jacques Offenbach (1994); Beim Schlafengehen / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Cavalleria rusticana: "Oh! Il Signore vi manda" / Cavalleria Rusticana (1991); Chanson triste / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Erlkönig / Lieder (1985); Erlkönig, D.328 / Schubert: Lieder (1985); Es gibt ein Reich / Ariadne Auf Naxos (1988); Frühling / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Gounod: Repentir / Sacred Songs (1981); Greensleeves / Sacred Songs (1981); He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / Spirituals in Concert (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 10) / Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Act III, Scene VI. No. 20 Recitativo "E Susanna non vien!" / No. 20 Aria "Dove sono i bei momenti" / The Jessye Norman Collection (1990); Je te veux / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Les chemins de l'amour / Les Triomphes de Jessye Norman (1987); Les chemins de l'amour, FP 106 / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Lord, How Come Me Here / Spirituals in Concert (1991); Panis Angelicus / Sacred Songs (1981); R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 3. Beim Schlafengehen / R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (1994); R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 4. Im Abendrot / Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs (2008); The Holy City / Sacred Songs (1981); There is a balm in Gilead / Spirituals (1979); There's a Man Going Round / Spirituals (1979); Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am Laid in Earth / Dido and Aeneas (1986); Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90, Act III: Isoldes Liebestod, Mild und Leise wie er lächelt / Árias Clásicas: Soprano (2017); Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Liebestod. "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" / Wagner: Scenes from Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer & Götterdämmerung (1988); Tristan und Isolde: Isoldes Liebestod / Tannhäuser / Siegfried Idyll / Tristan und Isolde (1988); Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 – Träume / R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (1994); Yon: Gesù Bambino / Sacred Songs (1981); Zueignung / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982).

Movies and television:

28th Annual Trumpet Awards (2020); 51st NAACP Image Awards (2020); 60 Minutes / Segment: Jessye (1991); Absolute Wilson (2006); Aquarius (1972); Artemisia (1997); Beckmann (2009); Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace (1990); Boulevard Bio (1993); C à vous (2015); Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening (1987); Champs-Elysées (1987); Charlie Rose (2000–2001); Choke (2008); Christmas Glory from New York (2001); CNBC Meets (2015); Die Walküre (1990); Dimanche Martin (1985); Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988); Ebony (1984); Formule 1 (1982); Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation (1988); Grâce à la musique (1979 / 1982); Great Performances (1993 / 2000–2023); Great Performances at the Met (1996–2022); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Hep Taxi ! (2017); Im Herzen des Lichts - Die Nacht der Primadonnen (2002); Imagine (2015); In Depth (2020); Jackie Kennedy: Fighting for Civil Rights (2018); Jessye Norman at Notre Dame (1991); Jessye Norman Recital (1986); Jessye Norman Sings Carmen (1989); Jessye Norman Sings for the Healing of Aids (1995 / 1997); Jessye Norman's Christmas Symphony (1987); Karajan in Salzburg (1988); Karsh Is History (2009); Katie (2014); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–2014); Le grand échiquier (1974–1984); Les enfants de la guerre (1996); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1992); Margie Gillis: Wild Hearts in Strange Times (1996); Marian Anderson (1991); Musiques au Coeur (1987 / 1991); Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2002); Omnibus (1986–1989); Ozawa (1985); Proms Extra (2014); Rembob'Ina (2024); Restless City (2011); Romeo (1990); Slow Horses (2022); Sternstunden der Musik (2021); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2019); Symphony for the Spire (1992); Tavis Smiley (2011); Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad (1990); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1984); The 39th Annual Grammy Awards (1997); The Banshees of Inisherin (2022); The French Revolution (1989); The Hours (2002); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1997); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2017); The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala (1983); The People's Passion (1999); The South Bank Show (1979); The Trip to Greece (2020); The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (2015); To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th (1998); Vangelis and the Journey to Ithaka (2013); Vangelis: Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission, 2001 Mars Odyssey (2001); Verdi: Requiem (2009); Vivement dimanche prochain (2015); Weekend in Wallop (1984); Wetten, dass..? (2006); Wild at Heart (1990); Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2009); Wogan (1985).

Born on this day – William Marshall:

William Marshall

Actor

Director

Opera singer

August 19, 1924 – June 11, 2003

Born on this day – Anne Brown:

Anne Brown

Opera singer

Soprano

August 9, 1912 – March 13, 2009

Born on this day – Florelle:

Florelle

Opera singer

Soprano

Actress

August 9, 1898 – September 28, 1974

Credits:

Amants et voleurs / Lovers and thieves (1935); Atout coeur (1931); Autour d'une enquête (1931); Blood in the Head (1956); Clodoche / Tramp (1938); Die Herrin von Atlantis (1932); El amor solfeando (1930); Faubourg Montmartre (1931); Gagne ta vie (1931); Gervaise (1956); Gigolette (1937); Gonzague (1923); In theaters tonight (1972); Jim Bougne, boxeur (1923); La dame de chez Maxim's / The lady at Maxim's (1933); La dernière nuit / The Last Night (1933); La femme nue / The naked woman (1932); La marmaille / The kids (1935); La merveilleuse journée / The Wonderful Day (1932); La nuit est à elles, Paris 1919-1939 / The Night Is Them, Paris 1919-1939 (2018); L'affaire de la rue de Lourcine (1923); L'amour chante (1930); L'Atlantide / Atlantis (1932); L'autre (1930); Le fils improvisé / The improvised son (1932); Le grand bluff / The big bluff (1933); Le joker (1930); Le poignard malais (1931); Les anges noirs / Black Angels (1937); Les caves du Majestic / The Majestic cellars (1945); Les deux canards / The Two Ducks (1934); Les dieux s'amusent / The gods have fun (1935); Les Misérables (1934); Les surprises du sleeping / The surprises of sleeping (1933); Liliom (1934); L'Oeil du cyclone / The Eye of the Storm (1992); Ma tante d'Honfleur / My aunt from Honfleur (1931); Mariage à responsabilité limitée / Limited Liability Marriage (1933); Mimosa Bar (1933); Mon coeur incognito (1931); Monsieur, Madame et Bibi / Mr, Mrs. and Bibi (1932); Nuits de Venise (1931); Oasis (1955); Passionnément / Passionately (1932); Sidonie Panache (1934); Sixième étage / Sixth floor (1940); The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936); The Crime on the Coast (1913); The Mask of Horror (1912); The Mistress of Atlantis (1932); The Threepenny Opera (1931); Trois femmes / Three women (1952); Tumultes / Tumult (1932); Un meurtre a été commis / A murder was committed (1938); Une nuit de noces / A Wedding Night (1935); Vacances (1931).

Born on this day – Margherita Carosio:

Margherita Carosio

Opera singer

Soprano

June 7, 1908 – January 10, 2005

Credits:

Eternal Melodies (1940); L'elisir d'amore (1941); Regina della Scala (1937); Ripudiata (1955); Sarasate (1941).

Born on this day – Daniela Dessì:

Daniela Dessì

Opera singer

Soprano

May 14, 1957 – August 20, 2016

Credits:

Albums:

Antonio Vivaldi, The Farnace; Daniela Dessì sings Verdi; Domenico Cimarosa, Gli Horatii e i Curiazii; Enrico Toselli, Le Romanze Ritrovate; Francesco Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur; James Puccini, Madama Butterfly; Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Puccini, Tosca; Gioachino Rossini, Ciro in Babilonia; Gioachino Rossini, The Barber of Seville; Giuseppe Verdi, Aida; La Traviata; Love Duets; Puccini Arias; Umberto Giordano, Andrea Chénier.

Movies and television:

Adriana Lecouvreur (2000); Aida (2003); Così fan tutte (1989); Don Carlo (1992); Don John oder Der bestrafte Wüstling (1992); Elizabeth, Queen of England (1985); Francesca da Rimini (2004); Jordan: Fedora (2018); Sicilian Vespers (2010); Il Regio nel paese del melodramma (2015); La Bohème (1998); The Maiden of the West (2005); The Touchstone (1982); Madama Butterfly (2004); Mephistopheles (1989); My Favourite Opera (1991); Norma (2008); Work Across the Atlantic (2007); Pavarotti 30th Anniversary Gala (1998); Profil, Poveste, Personaj (2009); Puccini: La Bohème (2016); Tosca (2004); Tosca (2010).

Born on this day – Paul Sorvino:

Paul Sorvino

Actor

Opera singer

Writer

Sculptor

April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022

Credits:

A Fine Mess (1986); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993); A Place for Heroes (2014); A Question of Honor (1982); A Touch of Class (1973); A Winter Rose (2014); Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game (2017); Acts of Desperation (2018); Age Isn't Everything (1991); Airship Dracula (2012); Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016); Almost Partners (1987); American Perfekt (1997); Angel and Big Joe (1976); As Long As We Both Shall Live (2016); Backstreet Justice (1994); Bad Blood (2017); Bad Impulse (2019); Beneath the Leaves (2019); Bert D'Angelo / Superstar (1976); Betrayed by Innocence (1986); Bloodbrothers (1978); Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders (1997); Bulworth (1998); Careful What You Wish For (2015); Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008); Chasing Gold (2016); Cheaters (2000); Chiefs (1983); Chiller (1985); Ciao America (2002); Cold Deck (2015); Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014); Cover Me (1995); Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2017); Cruising (1980); Cry Uncle (1971); Dead Broke (1998); Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972); Detours (2016); Dick Tracy (1990); Divorce Invitation (2012); DMZ (1990); Doc West (2009); Dog Watch (1997); Don't Touch My Daughter (1991); Drinks with Dee Dee Sorvino (2020); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1997); Dummy (1979); Elementary (2014); Escape Clause (1996); Executor (2017); For the Love of Money (2012); Foreclosed (2013); God Don't Make the Laws (2011); Godfather of Harlem (2019–2021); Goodfellas (1990); Goodnight, Joseph Parker (2004); Grandfathered (2016); Great Performances (1974); Greetings from the Shore (2007); Gutfeld! (2021); Handy Manny (2011); Harlem Aria (1999); Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002); Houdini (1998); How Sweet It Is (2013); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); I, the Jury (1982); Iggy Azalea Feat. Rita Ora: Black Widow (2014); Imaginary Friend (2012); Immigrant (2013); Insight (1979); It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974); Jack & Bobby (2004); Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012); Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (1997); Kidnapped in Romania (2016); Kill the Irishman (2011); Kiss-Kiss, Dahlings! (1992); Knock Off (1998); Last Hour (2008); Law & Order (1991–1992); Lily of the Feast (2010); Longshot (2001); L'onore e il rispetto (2006); Lost and Found (1979); Lost Cat Corona (2017); Love Is All There Is (1996); Made for Each Other (1971); Mafia Doctor (2003); Mambo Italiano (2003); Melanie (1982); Men with Guns (1997); Micmacs (2009); Mineville (2010); Money Talks (1997); Moonlighting (1986); Most Guys Are Losers (2020); Most Wanted (1997); Mr. 3000 (2004); Mr. Fix It (2006); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Mother's Secret Life (1984); Nixon (1995); No Deposit (2015); Off the Wall (1983); Oh, God! (1977); Once Upon a Time in Queens (2013); Papa (2018); Parallel Lives (1994); Paulie (2013); Perfume (2001); Plan B (2001); Price for Freedom (2017); RebelTaxi (2015); Reds (1981); Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008); Rhode Island Blue (2001); Romeo + Juliet (1996); Rules Don't Apply (2016); Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009); Scriptfellas (1999); See Spot Run (2001); Seventh Avenue (1977); Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue (1974); Sicilian Vampire (2015); Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Still Standing (2004–2006); Streghe verso nord (2001); Surviving (1985); Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974); That Championship Season (1982); That's Life (2000–2002); The Amati Girls (2000); The Art of the Cigar (1996); The Bandit Hound (2016); The Birthday Cake (2021); The Brink's Job (1978); The Bronx Bull (2016); The Brooklyn Banker (2016); The Cooler (2003); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The Devil's Carnival (2012); The Family Man (2000); The Firm (1993); The Gambler (1974); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2014); The Great American Heist (2022); The Greg Gutfeld Show (2015); The Hybrids Family (2015); The Oldest Rookie (1987–1988); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); The Red Maple Leaf (2016); The Rocketeer (1991); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Stuff (1985); The Thin Blue Lie (2000); The Trouble with Cali (2012); The Wild Stallion (2009); Today's F.B.I. (1981); Triggerman (2009); Turk 182 (1985); Undercover Grandpa (2017); Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986); Very Close Quarters (1984); Welcome to Acapulco (2019); We'll Get By (1974–1975); Where's Poppa? (1970); With Intent to Kill (1984); Without Consent (1994); Wives' Tales (2008); Work with Me (1999).

Born on this day – Maria Ewing:

Maria Ewing

Opera singer

Soprano

March 27, 1950 – January 9, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Carmen (2010); Don Giovanni (1984); From This Moment On (1990); La damoiselle elue; Iberia; Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (1987); Pelléas et Mélisande (1992); Shéhérazade:  Alborada del gracioso; Ma mère l'oye; La valse; L'éventail de Jeanne - Fanfare; La vallée des cloches (1991).

Movies and television:

Carmen (1985–1989); Carmen by Georges Bizet (1991); Cosi fan tutte (1978); Dido and Aeneas (1995); Grâce à la musique (1980); Great Performances (1984–1995); La Périchole (1982); L'incoronazione di Poppea (1984); Salome (1992); The Barber of Seville (1981); The Marriage of Figaro (1976); The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1987); The South Bank Show (1997); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem (1988).

Born on this day – Hope Hampton:

Hope Hampton

Actress

Producer

Opera singer

February 19, 1897 – January 23, 1982

Credits:

Hey, Let's Twist! (1961); The Road to Reno (1938); The Call of the Sea (1927); Springtime of Love (1927); The Unfair Sex (1926); Lover's Island (1925); Marionettes (1925); Fifty-Fifty (1925); The Price of a Party (1924); The Truth About Women (1924); Does It Pay? (1923); The Gold Diggers (1923); Hollywood (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); From Farm to Fame (1922); The Light in the Dark (1922); Stardust (1921); Love's Penalty (1921); The Bait (1921); A Modern Salome (1920); Woman (1918).

Born on this day – Gladys Swarthout:

Gladys Swarthout

Opera singer

Mezzo-soprano

Actress

December 25, 1900 – July 8, 1969

Credits:

Opera Television Theatre (1950); Ambush (1939); Romance in the Dark (1938); Champagne Waltz (1937); Give Us This Night (1936); Rose of the Rancho (1936).