On This Day – 8 May

OTD in 1946 – the first performance of Menotti’s The Medium

Happy Birthday to Carl Stamitz, born #OTD in 1745

Happy Birthday to Louis Moreau Gottschalk, born #OTD in 1829

Happy Birthday to Heather Harper, born #OTD in 1930

#OTD in 1828, the death of composer Mauro Giuliani