On This Day – 6 March

1853 – the first performance of Verdi’s La traviata

Born OTD in 1924 Sarah Caldwell

Born OTD in 1944 Kiri Te Kanawa

Died OTD in 1932 John Philip Sousa

Died OTD in 1951 Ivor Novello

Died OTD in 1961 George Formby

Died OTD in 1967 Zoltán Kodály