11.   Alvinio Misciano, a lyric tenor who influenced Luciano Pavarotti, dies in a fall from his fourth-story window in Milan, Italy.

12.   Heppner started as a lyric tenor, developing strength and volume while retaining a sweet, gleaming tone.

13.   Lyric tenor Francisco Araiza as Lenski and star baritone Thomas Hampson as the playboy Onegin rounded out an excellent ensemble that acted as well as it sang.