Born on this day – Roberta Alexander:

Roberta Alexander

Opera singer (soprano)

March 3, 1949 – October 14, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

Andriessen: Miroir de Peine, Orchestral Music & Concertos (2021); Bach, J.S.: Johannes-Passion (1972); Charles Ives, Songs (2005); Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Highlights) (1985); Giacomo Puccini, Songs & other rare pieces (1987); Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto [Highlights] (- Apex) (1987); Leonard Bernstein, Songs (1986); Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, The Divan of Moses Ibn Ezra, for voice and guitar op 207 (1992); Mass in B minor (1994); Richard Strauss Lieder, Op. 10, 22, 27, 29 (1985); Roberta Alexander sings Samuel Barber, with The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic (1992); Roberta Alexander, a retrospective, Barber, Ives, Mozart, Puccini, Bernstein, Copland (1999); Songs by Dutch Composers (2002); Songs my mother taught me (1999); Symphony no. 4 in G major (1984); Theodora (Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus Musicus Wien feat. conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt) (1999); With you, Broadway Songs (1996); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Songs for soprano and fortepiano (1985).

Songs:

An Chloë, KV 524; Autumn; Avanti Urania!; Dans un bois solitaire, KV 308; Did you ever cross over to sneden's; Do not go, my love; E l'uccellino; Feldeinsamkeit; Give me jesus, Arr. Hall Johnson; I don't remember you; Inno a Diana; Knoxville: summer of 1915, Opus 24; Let all my life be music; Love's philosophy; Mass - A simple song; Miroir De Peine: I. Agonie au Jardin; Morire?; Music I heard with you; My soul's been anchored, Arr. Florence price; On the counter; peter pan - my house; peter pan - who am I?; Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden – Suite; Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden - Suite: 2. Dance of the Birds; Salve regina; Sole e amore; Solitary hotel; Songs my mother taught me; Storiella d'amore; Terra e mare; Three orchestrated songs, Sure on this shining night; Two little flowers.

Movies and television:

Angels in America: The Opera (2004); Elektra, tragédie en un acte (2013); Giulio Cesare (1985); Hello I Must Be Going (2012); Hier is... Adriaan van Dis (1983); Jenufa (1989); Podium Witteman (2018); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2016); The Metropolitan Opera Presents (2015).

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Picard

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)
Star Trek: Discovery (2022)
Star Trek: Picard (2022)

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 5. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Course: Oblivion.

Released March 3, 1999.

Directed by Anson Williams.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Majel Barrett, Joseph K. Bevilacqua, Marvin De Baca, Brendan McIvor Fleming, Peter Scott Harmyk, Kerry Hoyt, Tony Jones, Dino Juico, Tina Kotrich, Alicia Lewis, Louis Ortiz, Joel Pelletier, Guy Richardson, Christina Rydell, Joey Sakata, Linnea Soohoo, Pablo Soriano.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Azati Prime.

Released March 3, 2004.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Manny Coto, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Matt Winston, Randy Oglesby, Scott MacDonald, Tucker Smallwood, Rick Worthy, Christopher Goodman, Alexandrea Ortiz, Geneviere Anderson, Vince Deadrick Jr., Evan English, Henry Farnam, Scott L. Treger.

 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 4. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Rosetta.

Released March 3, 2022.

Directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd, Jen McGowan.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Terri Hughes Burton, Glenise Mullins, Brandon Schultz, Carlos Cisco.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Shawn Doyle, Chelah Horsdal, Tara Rosling, Annabelle Wallis, Hiro Kanagawa, Phumzile Sitole, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Sara Mitich, Raven Dauda, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Calyx Passailaigue, Jas Dhanda, Piotr Michael, Robinne Fanfair.

 

Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Star Gazer.

Released March 3, 2022.

Directed by Doug Aarniokoski.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Akiva Goldsman, Terry Matalas, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Orla Brady, Whoopi Goldberg, John de Lancie, Madeline Wise, Menik Gooneratne, April Grace, Rich Ceraulo Ko, Kay Bess, Alex Diehl, Dylan Von Halle, Richard Jin, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Swati Kapila, Geri-Nikole Love, Adele Pomerenke, Anushka Rani, Jimmy Chhiu, Bethany Michelle Curry, Alyma Dorsey, Guy Fernandez Jr., Brian Jansa, Bryan McCoy, Taylor Piña, Amy Sturdivant.

On this day in television history - Justified (2015)

Justified
Season 6. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: The Hunt.

Released March 3, 2015.

Directed by John Dahl.

Written by Graham Yost, Taylor Elmore, Keith Schreier.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Sam Elliott, Garret Dillahunt, Justin Welborn, Jeff Fahey, Scott Grimes, Natalie Zea, Austin Bowerman, Mel Fair, Nick Fink, Ron Morehouse, Chris Warner, Russell Bertolino.

On this day in movie history - Landmarks by Clannad, Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein

Landmarks

Album by Clannad,

released March 3, 1998.

Track list: An Gleann; Fado; A Mhuirnin O; Of This Land; Court To Love; The Golden Ball; The Bridge Of Tears; Autumn Leaves Are Falling; Let Me See; Loch Na Cailli. 

Soundies: A Musical History

documentary directed by Chris Lamson,

written by Chris Lamson and Jennifer Sneider,

was released in the United States on March 3, 2007.

Hosted by Michael Feinstein.

Music by Michael Feinstein.

 
Cast:

Van Alexander, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Mel Blanc, Will Bradley, Les Brown, Cab Calloway, Mark Cantor, Cyd Charisse, Nat 'King' Cole, Dorothy Dandridge, Doris Day, Yvonne De Carlo, Jimmy Dorsey, George Duke, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Frances Faye, Michael Feinstein, Irving Fields, Joe Franklin, Hugh Hefner, Spike Jones, Louis Jordan, Gene Krupa, Liberace, Leonard Maltin, Ginny Mancini, Wynton Marsalis, Hugh Martin, The Mills Brothers, Dan Morgenstern, Helen O'Connell, Anita O'Day, Jackie Parton, Les Paul, 'Snub' Pollard, Stan Ridgway, Kay Starr, Claude Thornhill, Mel Tormé, Merle Travis, Fats Waller, Ben Webster, Lawrence Welk.

On this day in movie history - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

This Is Spinal Tap

a.k.a. This Is Spinal Tap: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi,

directed by Rob Reiner,

written by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner,

was released in the United States on March 2, 1984.

Music by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner.

Cast:

Rob Reiner, Kimberly Stringer, Chazz Dominguez, Shari Hall, R.J. Parnell, David Kaff, Tony Hendra, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Bruno Kirby, Jean Cromie, Patrick Maher, Ed Begley Jr., Danny Kortchmar, Fran Drescher, Patrick Macnee, Memo Vera, Julie Payne, Dana Carvey, Sandy Helberg, Robin Menken, Zane Buzby, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Child, J.J. Barry, George McDaniel, Paul Benedict, Anne Churchill, Howard Hesseman, Paul Shortino, Cherie Darr, Lara Cody, Andrew J. Lederer, Russ Kunkel, Diana Duncan, Gina Marie Pitrello, June Chadwick, Victory Tischler-Blue, Joyce Hyser, Gloria Gifford, Paul Shaffer, Archie Hahn, Charles Levin, Wonderful Smith, Anjelica Huston, Chris Romano, Daniel Rodgers, Fred Willard, Fred Asparagus, Rodney Kemerer, Robert Bauer, Raechel Donahue, Lindsay Doran, Sean Frye, Helen Kelly, Paul Korda, Blackie Lawless, Artie Ripp, Claudia Sloan, Spinal Tap, Brinke Stevens, Sam Whipple.

Recommended reading:

 

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap

by Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer.

Published by Gallery Books.

Published 2025.

ISBN-10: 1668079143

ISBN-13: 9781668079140

Description:

Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic landmark: an all-time comedy classic that pioneered an entire genre, the mockumentary. Now, director Rob Reiner and his cowriters and costars, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, tell the complete story of the movie and its fictitious band – how they met, how Spinal Tap came to be, and how their low-budget indie film took on a life of its own. Years after the movie first came out, the Library of Congress selected This Is Spinal Tap for inclusion in the National Film Registry and Tap went on to play The Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium, and to over 100,000 fans at the Glastonbury Festival in England.

Catherine Drinker Bowen, on writing:

For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.

- Catherine Drinker Bowen.

Born on this day – Dr. Seuss:

Dr. Seuss

Writer

Illustrator

Animator

Director

March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991

Credits:

Horton Hatches the Egg (1940); Horton Hears a Who! (1954); The Cat in the Hat (1957); The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1958); The Cat in the Hat Songbook (1967); The Cat's Quizzer (1976); I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978); And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937); The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938); The Seven Lady Godivas (1939); The King's Stilts (1939); McElligot's Pool (1947); Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (1948); Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949); If I Ran the Zoo (1950); Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953); On Beyond Zebra! (1955); If I Ran the Circus (1956); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957); Happy Birthday to You! (1959); Green Eggs and Ham (1960); One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960); Ten Apples Up on Top! (1961); Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (1962); Hop on Pop (1963); Dr. Seuss's ABC (1963); Fox in Socks (1965); I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965); I Wish That I Had Duck Feet (1965); Come over to My House (1966); The Foot Book (1968); The Eye Book (1968); My Book about Me (1969); Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (1970); The Lorax (1971); I Can Write! (1971); In a People House (1972); Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (1972); The Shape of Me and Other Stuff (1973); Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973); There's a Wocket in my Pocket! (1974); Great Day for Up (1974); The Many Mice of Mr. Brice (1974); Wacky Wednesday (1974); Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? (1975); Because a Little Bug Went Ka-CHOO! (1975); Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (1975); Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him! (1976); Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! (1977); Oh Say Can You Say? (1979); Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! (1980); Hunches in Bunches (1982); The Butter Battle Book (1984); The Tooth Book (1984); You're Only Old Once! (1986); I Am Not Going to Get up Today! (1987); Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990); Daisy-Head Mayzie (1994); My Many Colored Days (1996); Seuss-isms (1997); Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (1998); Dr. Seuss's Clever Creatures (2008); What Was I Scared Of? (2009); Fox in Socks, Bricks and Blocks (2011); Sneetches on Beaches (2012); Dr. Seuss's Sleep Softly Book (2012); My, Oh My--A Butterfly! (2014); The Grinch's Great Big Flap Book (2014); What Pet Should I Get? (2015); Oh, the Places I'll Go! (2016); My Book About Christmas (2016); Happy Birthday to Me! by Me, Myself (2017); Gerald McBoing Boing (2017); Dr. Seuss's 1 2 3 (2019); Dr. Seuss's I Love Pop! (2019); Dr. Seuss's People, Places, and Things (2019); Dr. Seuss's Oh, What I've Learned: Thanks to My Teachers! (2022); I Can Draw It Myself, By Me, Myself (1970); Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958); The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961); A Hatful of Seuss (1967); I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories (1969); The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough (1987); The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories (2011); Dr. Seuss on the Loose (2011); A Who's Who of the Dr. Seuss Crew (2013); Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more Lost Stories (2014).