The year 1928 in classical music and in lyrical art

Birth of Vello ViisimaaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Estonian actor (dead in 1991)

Birth of Rita Vaitkevičienė-ViržonytėThat year: 1928, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer

Death of Mathieu NeumannThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)

Birth of Avni MulaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Albanian singer, musician (dead in 2020)

Death of Eugène-Philippe BellenotThat year: 1928, Classical music, (1860-1928) (born in 1860)

Death of Theresia SingerThat year: 1928, Classical music, soprano opera singer (born in 1850)

Death of Jean Eugène Gaston LemaireThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1854)

Death of Gaston LemaireThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1855)

Birth of Fuat MansurovThat year: 1928, Classical music, Russian conductor (dead in 2010)

Birth of Andréa GuiotThat year: 1928, Classical music, French singer (dead in 2021)

Death of Hermann Robert FrenzelThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)

Birth of Jutta ZoffThat year: 1928, Classical music, German musician (dead in 2019)

Birth of François PantillonThat year: 1928, Classical music, Swiss composer and conductor

Birth of Jorge Peña HenThat year: 1928, Classical music, Chilean musician (dead in 1973)

Birth of Ezra SimsThat year: 1928, Classical music, American composer of microtonal music (dead in 2015)

Death of Wilberfoss George OwstThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)

Death of Francis PopyThat year: 1928, Classical music, French conductor and composer (born in 1874)

Birth of Andrzej CwojdzińskiThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer, conductor

Birth of Elizabeth KingdonThat year: 1928, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2021)

Birth of Jean-Michel DamaseThat year: 1928, Classical music, French pianist, conductor and composer (dead in 2013)

Birth of Ángel ArteagaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1984)

Birth of Christian VöchtingThat year: 1928, Classical music, (1928-1967) (dead in 1967)

Birth of Helmut KretschmarThat year: 1928, Classical music, German opera singer

Death of Theodor SalzmannThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1854)

Birth of Eduard BaghdasaryanThat year: 1928, Classical music, Armenian opera singer, tenor (dead in 2015)

Death of Ondřej KadlecThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech violinist, music educator and composer (born in 1859)

Birth of Rolf ApreckThat year: 1928, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1989)

Death of Papa BenzThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1863)

Death of Eugène LejolivetThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)

Birth of Donald JohanosThat year: 1928, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 2007)

Death of Felix DeckenThat year: 1928, Classical music, German operatic buffo tenor, actor and stage director (born in 1864)

Death of Édouard NadaudThat year: 1928, Classical music, French violinist and violin pedagogue (born in 1862)

Birth of Norma ProcterThat year: 1928, Classical music, English operatic contralto (dead in 2017)

Birth of Zofia Janukowicz-PobłockaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Polish soprano (dead in 2019)

Birth of Galina OleynichenkoThat year: 1928, Classical music, Soviet and Russian singer (dead in 2013)

Death of Edmond ClémentThat year: 1928, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1867)

Inauguration: Benedum CenterThat year: 1928, Classical music (Pittsburgh, United States of America)

Birth of Boris Isaakovitsj RaisovThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1985)

Birth of Arne TyrénThat year: 1928, Classical music, Swedish singer (dead in 2012)

Death of Amy FayThat year: 1928, Classical music, Pianist and memoirist/chronicler (born in 1844)

Death of Cosme Ribera i MiróThat year: 1928, Classical music, Spanish composer and conductor (born in 1842)

Birth of Aili PurtonenThat year: 1928, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 2018)

Birth of Alan LovedayThat year: 1928, Classical music, New Zealand violinist (1928-2016) (dead in 2016)

Birth of McHenry BoatwrightThat year: 1928, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1994)

Death of Jacob Adolf HäggThat year: 1928, Classical music, Swedish composer (born in 1850)

Death of Herbert BrewerThat year: 1928, Classical music, English composer and organist (born in 1865)

Death of Bernardino Valle ChinestraThat year: 1928, Classical music, Spanish composer and conductor (born in 1849)

Death of Étienne RoyerThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1882)

Death of Viktoria BlankThat year: 1928, Classical music, actor, film actor, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1859)

Birth of Kaoru ChibaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Japanese hornist (dead in 2008)

Birth of Liidia PanovaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Estonian opera singer

Birth of William BlankenshipThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2017)

Birth of Štěpán KoníčekThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 2006)

Birth of Franz CrassThat year: 1928, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2012)

Death of Georges GuiraudThat year: 1928, Classical music, French organist, composer and music educator (born in 1868)

Birth of Philip JonesThat year: 1928, Classical music, British musician (dead in 2000)

Death of Abraham LilienthalThat year: 1928, Classical music, American composer (born in 1859)

Birth of Hans GrafThat year: 1928, Classical music, Austrian pianist (dead in 1994)

Death of Kálmán ChovánThat year: 1928, Classical music, Composer, musician (born in 1852)

Birth of Edino KriegerThat year: 1928, Classical music, Brazilian composer

Birth of Sinikka KoskelaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 2014)

Birth of Virtú MaragnoThat year: 1928, Classical music, Argentinian composer (dead in 2004)

Birth of Ruth AndersonThat year: 1928, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2019)

Birth of Benedykt KonowalskiThat year: 1928, Classical music, conductor (dead in 2021)

Death of Pierre HermantThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

Birth of Zdeněk KošlerThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech conductor (dead in 1995)

Birth of Mario SereniThat year: 1928, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2015)

Death of Jozef ChládekThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1856)

Death of Victor ChampionThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1864)

Death of Leslie StuartThat year: 1928, Classical music, British composer (born in 1863)

Birth of Antonín TučapskýThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 2014)

Birth of Pauline TinsleyThat year: 1928, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 2021)

Death of Fiorello FiorelloThat year: 1928, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1868)

Birth of James ScottThat year: 1928, Classical music, British Cornet Champion and Foden's Band conductor

Birth of John Heddle NashThat year: 1928, Classical music, baritone (dead in 1994)

Birth of Ruth Schob-LipkaThat year: 1928, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2011)

Death of Ernst MünchThat year: 1928, Classical music, French musician (born in 1859)

Birth of Hermin EsserThat year: 1928, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2009)

Birth of Alain VanzoThat year: 1928, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 2002)

Birth of Volodymyra ChaikaThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue (dead in 2015)

Birth of Fritz UhlThat year: 1928, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 2001)

Birth of April CanteloThat year: 1928, Classical music, British opera singer (soprano)

Birth of James MilliganThat year: 1928, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 1961)

Death of Wilhelm RohdeThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1856)

Birth of Milada ŠafránkováThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer (dead in 1991)

Birth of Walter BaerThat year: 1928, Classical music, (1928-2015) (dead in 2015)

Birth of Willi BrokmeierThat year: 1928, Classical music, born:1928-04-08|; Brokmeier, Willi; 1928-...

Death of Gabrijela MrakThat year: 1928, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1852)

Birth of Jeannette SinclairThat year: 1928, Classical music, singer

Birth of Zurab AndjaparidzeThat year: 1928, Classical music, Georgian Tenor (dead in 1997)

Birth of Egil Monn-IversenThat year: 1928, Classical music, Norwegian composer, conductor and producer (dead in 2017)

Birth of Loren DriscollThat year: 1928, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2008)

Death of Vittorio ArimondiThat year: 1928, Classical music, italian opera singer (born in 1861)

Birth of Vitaly MargulisThat year: 1928, Classical music, Ukrainian pianist (dead in 2011)

Birth of Roza JamanovaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator (1928-2013) (dead in 2013)

Birth of Lutfiyar ImanovThat year: 1928, Classical music, Azerbaijani opera singer (dead in 2008)

Premiere of Foliage of the heart, Op. 20That year: 1928, Classical music (Song, lied), Arnold Schoenberg

Birth of Ryōsaku KubotaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Japanese violinist (dead in 1997)

Birth of Judith DvorkinThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (dead in 1995)

Birth of Sergio TedescoThat year: 1928, Classical music, Italian actor, voice actor and tenor (dead in 2012)

Death of Ferdinand HummelThat year: 1928, Classical music, German harpist, pianist, conductor and composer (born in 1855)

Birth of Gustav KřivinkaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1990)

Death of Juliusz WertheimThat year: 1928, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1880)

Birth of William SydemanThat year: 1928, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2021)

Birth of Narcisa DonátováThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (dead in 1981)

Death of Constantin DimitrescuThat year: 1928, Classical music, Romanian classical composer and music teacher (born in 1847)

Death of Emil BohnkeThat year: 1928, Classical music, German musician (born in 1888)

Birth of Yūji TōgiThat year: 1928, Classical music, Japanese violinist (dead in 1985)

Death of Stephen Jesse OslinThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

Birth of Selma EmiroğluThat year: 1928, Classical music, cartoonist, opera singer (dead in 2011)

Death of Ermenegildo CarosioThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)

Death of Henry F. GilbertThat year: 1928, Classical music, American composer (born in 1868)

Birth of Antonia FahbergThat year: 1928, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2016)

Birth of Karl-Christian KohnThat year: 1928, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2006)

Death of Hermann VetterThat year: 1928, Classical music, German pianist, music educator and university teacher (1859-1928) (born in 1859)

Death of Ida Basilier-MagelssenThat year: 1928, Classical music, Finnish singer (born in 1846)

Birth of Vladimir OrlovThat year: 1928, Classical music, Romanian-Canadian cellist and music teacher (dead in 2019)

Death of Emma HowsonThat year: 1928, Classical music, singer and actress (born in 1844)

Death of Richard Robert ChopeThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1830)

Birth of Robert MarcellusThat year: 1928, Classical music, clarinetist (dead in 1996)

Birth of Leopold YashchenkoThat year: 1928, Classical music, conductor, musicologist (dead in 2016)

Birth of Valentin TeodorianThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1995)

Death of Paul Véronge de La NuxThat year: 1928, Classical music, French composer (born in 1853)

Birth of Tonin HarapiThat year: 1928, Classical music, Albanian composer (dead in 1992)

Birth of Renée MorissetThat year: 1928, Classical music, Canadian musician (dead in 2009)

Birth of Hardy VedanaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Brazilian singer (dead in 2009)

Birth of Adele LeighThat year: 1928, Classical music, British operatic soprano (dead in 2004)

Death of Al JohnsThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)

Birth of Tamara Alioșina-AlexandrovaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (1928-1996) (dead in 1996)

Death of Johan AmbergThat year: 1928, Classical music, Danish composer and violinist (born in 1846)

Birth of Alojz KubicekThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2007)

Birth of Miloš VacekThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 2012)

Birth of Judith RaskinThat year: 1928, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1984)

Birth of Adelaide BishopThat year: 1928, Classical music, singer and actress (1928-2008) (dead in 2008)

Death of Thomas H. RollinsonThat year: 1928, Classical music, American composer, conductor, bandleader, cornetist, film score composer (born in 1844)

Birth of William RussoThat year: 1928, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2003)

Birth of Alf AndersenThat year: 1928, Classical music, Danish singer and actor (dead in 2010)

Birth of Susanne CordaThat year: 1928, Classical music, (1928--1969) opera singer (dead in 1969)

Birth of Manfred SchmidtThat year: 1928, Classical music, German tenor, born 1928

Death of Charles Frank HornThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1851)

Birth of Peter GlossopThat year: 1928, Classical music, Operatic baritone (dead in 2008)

Birth of Shin SekiyaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Japanese choir director and conductor (1928-2005) (dead in 2005)

Birth of Jan TruhlářThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (dead in 2007)

Birth of Gino Lo Russo TomaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2000)

Death of Carl PerronThat year: 1928, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1858)

Birth of Bryden ThomsonThat year: 1928, Classical music, Scottish conductor (dead in 1991)

Birth of Ticho ParlyThat year: 1928, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1993)

Death of Zoltán GátyThat year: 1928, Classical music, Hungarian composer (born in 1856)

Birth of Lidia GrychtołównaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Polish musician

Death of Katharina Fleischer-EdelThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1873)

Death of George BeckerThat year: 1928, Classical music, German-Swiss composer and writer on music (born in 1834)

Birth of Max PinchardThat year: 1928, Classical music, French conductor and musicologist (dead in 2009)

Birth of George DreyfusThat year: 1928, Classical music, Australian bassoonist and composer

Birth of Ursula BoeseThat year: 1928, Classical music, German operatic contralto (dead in 2016)

Birth of John MoulsonThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1994)

Birth of Roman WęgrzynThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer, singer

Birth of Agostino FerrinThat year: 1928, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 1989)

Birth of Klara BarlowThat year: 1928, Classical music, singer (dead in 2008)

Birth of Michel TrempontThat year: 1928, Classical music, Belgian operatic baritone (dead in 2021)

Birth of Bidzina KvernadzeThat year: 1928, Classical music, Soviet composer (dead in 2010)

Death of Karl UschmannThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1852)

Birth of Helena KobusińskaThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2014)

Birth of Harald NeukirchThat year: 1928, Classical music, German opera singer (tenor) (dead in 2011)

Birth of Dolores WilsonThat year: 1928, Classical music, American soprano (1928-2010) (dead in 2010)

Birth of Cornera DünnwaldThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (dead in 2017)

Death of Fernand de La TombelleThat year: 1928, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1854)

Birth of Bohuslav SedláčekThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 2013)

Death of Rodolphe DesdunesThat year: 1928, Classical music, Civil rights activist, poet, historian, journalist (born in 1849)

Death of Ejnar ForchhammerThat year: 1928, Classical music, Danish opera singer and musicologist (born in 1868)

Death of Emma CarelliThat year: 1928, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1877)

Birth of Georgy PortnovThat year: 1928, Classical music, Soviet conductor and composer (dead in 2017)

Birth of Gisela SchröterThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2011)

Birth of Zdeněk LukášThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 2007)

Birth of Todor KostovThat year: 1928, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (dead in 2009)

Birth of Peter TahourdinThat year: 1928, Classical music, Australian composer (dead in 2009)

Birth of Thomas StewartThat year: 1928, Classical music, American bass-baritone singer (1928-2006) (dead in 2006)

Death of Jean Gabriel MarieThat year: 1928, Classical music, French composer and conductor (born in 1852)

Birth of Michele MoleseThat year: 1928, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1989)

Birth of Eduard MelkusThat year: 1928, Classical music, Austrian musician

Inauguration: Paramount TheatreThat year: 1928, Classical music (Cedar Rapids, United States of America)

Death of Eugène RosiThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1868)

Birth of Miloslav IštvanThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech composer and pianist (dead in 1990)

Birth of Délfor MedinaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Argentinian actor (dead in 2006)

Birth of Joyce HattoThat year: 1928, Classical music, English musician (dead in 2006)

Death of Francis Edward GladstoneThat year: 1928, Classical music, British musician (born in 1845)

Birth of Elisabeth EbertThat year: 1928, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

Death of Américo CanhotoThat year: 1928, Classical music, Brazilian musician and guitarist (1889-1928) (born in 1889)

Birth of Andrea von RammThat year: 1928, Classical music, Estonian mezzosoprano and specialist for early music (1928-1999) (dead in 1999)

Birth of Veijo VarpioThat year: 1928, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 2015)

Birth of Fabio GiongoThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2019)

Death of Alexandre Rey ColaçoThat year: 1928, Classical music, Portuguese musician (born in 1854)

Birth of Luboš SlukaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech composer

Death of Olena FalkmanThat year: 1928, Classical music, Swedish singer (born in 1849)

Birth of Ladislav MuškaThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer, playwright, writer

Birth of Adam WalacińskiThat year: 1928, Classical music, Polish composer and musician (dead in 2015)

Death of Eugène von VolborthThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1854)

Birth of Spas WenkoffThat year: 1928, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 2013)

Birth of Ibrahim MammadovThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (dead in 1993)

Death of Louis BreauThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1893)

Birth of Ivo LipanovićThat year: 1928, Classical music, Yugoslavian rower (dead in 2019)

Inauguration: PfalzbauThat year: 1928, Classical music (Ludwigshafen, Germany)

Death of Alexander CziczkaThat year: 1928, Classical music, conductor, organist (born in 1848)

Death of Edmond-Nathan YafilThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1874)

Death of Eduard Granados GalThat year: 1928, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer (1894-1928) (born in 1894)

Birth of Constance FisherThat year: 1928, Classical music, Canadian stage director, soprano

Birth of Uno KreenThat year: 1928, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (dead in 1996)

Birth of Per-Olof JohnsonThat year: 1928, Classical music, Swedish guitarist (dead in 2000)

Birth of Nina Sergeevna IsakovaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator

Birth of Dagmar ŽižkováThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Russell OberlinThat year: 1928, Classical music, American countertenor (dead in 2016)

Death of Gustav LáskaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator, composer, contrabassist, choirmaster and organist (1847-1928) (born in 1847)

Death of Alwin SchroederThat year: 1928, Classical music, German and American cellist (born in 1855)

Death of George orge Power, 7th BaronetThat year: 1928, Classical music, singer and actor (born in 1846)

Birth of Eberhard KatzThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2002)

Birth of Eduard WollitzThat year: 1928, Classical music, German opera singer

Death of Théodore ReinachThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1860)

Death of Oscar SonneckThat year: 1928, Classical music, U.S. librarian, editor, and musicologist (born in 1873)

Birth of René SaorginThat year: 1928, Classical music, French musician (dead in 2015)

Birth of Alois VeselýThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, clarinettist and choirmaster (dead in 1996)

Birth of Inés RivadeneiraThat year: 1928, Classical music, Spanish mezzosoprano (1928-2020) (dead in 2020)

Birth of Mircea CristescuThat year: 1928, Classical music, conductor (dead in 1995)

Death of Henry Davan WettonThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1862)

Death of Arthur Eaglefield HullThat year: 1928, Classical music, British musician and music writer (1876–1928) (born in 1876)

Birth of Beverly WolffThat year: 1928, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano (dead in 2005)

Birth of Raymond WarrenThat year: 1928, Classical music, British composer

Birth of Roald ReitanThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2011)

Birth of Dora GattaThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1979)

Birth of Saramae EndichThat year: 1928, Classical music, singer (dead in 1969)

Death of Eugene GruenbergThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1854)

Birth of Napoleón DihmesThat year: 1928, Classical music, Dominican singer and opera singer (1928-2006) (dead in 2006)

Birth of Bernabé MartíThat year: 1928, Classical music, Spanish operatic tenor

Death of Friedrich HolthausThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1847)

Death of Achille SimonettiThat year: 1928, Classical music, Italian composer and violinist (1857-1928) (born in 1857)

Death of Josef WildThat year: 1928, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1882)

Birth of Ninel' TkachenkoThat year: 1928, Classical music, Russian opera singer (dead in 2007)

Birth of Irmgard BoasThat year: 1928, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

Birth of Annelies BurmeisterThat year: 1928, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1988)

Death of August WiltbergerThat year: 1928, Classical music, German composer (born in 1850)

Birth of Bianca BeriniThat year: 1928, Classical music, Italian mezzo-soprano (dead in 2004)

Death of Charles William PearceThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1856)

Death of Caia Aarup GreeneThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1868)

Birth of Enrique JasoThat year: 1928, Classical music, Mexican opera singer (dead in 2011)

Birth of Bella KalyadaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1928-2003) (dead in 2003)

Birth of Alan AbelThat year: 1928, Classical music, American percussionist (dead in 2020)

Death of Fernande BeauvoisThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1891)

Birth of Vera LittleThat year: 1928, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano (dead in 2012)

Birth of Vitaly Alexandrovich GromadskyThat year: 1928, Classical music, Russian bass singer

Death of August NölckThat year: 1928, Classical music, German Cellist (born in 1862)

Birth of Glade PetersonThat year: 1928, Classical music, American tenor opera singer (dead in 1990)

Birth of Donald AdamsThat year: 1928, Classical music, Opera singer, actor (1928-1996) (dead in 1996)

Birth of Bruno PrevediThat year: 1928, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1988)

Birth of Ib HansenThat year: 1928, Classical music, Danish actor, singer and opera singer (dead in 2013)

Birth of James StuartThat year: 1928, Classical music, American opera director and operatic tenor (dead in 2005)

Death of Nicolae LeonardThat year: 1928, Classical music, Romanian opera tenor (born in 1886)

Death of Theodor von FrimmelThat year: 1928, Classical music, Austrian art historian and musicologist (born in 1853)

Birth of Rolf BjörlingThat year: 1928, Classical music, Swedish opera singer and actor (dead in 1993)

Death of Otto SchickThat year: 1928, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)

Birth of Abdoello Abdoelgafoerovitsj AbdoeraoefovThat year: 1928, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (dead in 1975)

Death of Domenico AlaleonaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Italian composer and musicologist (born in 1881)

Birth of Kamilló LendvayThat year: 1928, Classical music, Hungarian composer (dead in 2016)

Birth of Noelle BarkerThat year: 1928, Classical music, Soprano singer and singing teacher (dead in 2013)

Birth of Mlhoš KafkaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1993)

Birth of June PrestonThat year: 1928, Classical music, American child actress who went on to become an internationally renowned opera singer.

Death of Georges AlaryThat year: 1928, Classical music, French composer (born in 1850)

Birth of Tatyana ShmygaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Soviet and Russian singer and actress (dead in 2011)

Birth of Galina KarevaThat year: 1928, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (dead in 1990)