Tonight, we give it up for Lucia Popp, an Austrian-Czech opera singer who turned to music after studying medicine. Popp was a remarkable Viennese operetta singer, who was named an Austrian Kammersängerin. Sadly, she died on this day in 1993, but her beautiful voice still lives on. This one’s in honor of my mother, who lives in Austria and has a resounding passionate love for all the wondrous beauty and culture of her native land. Sorry, mom. I know you lobbied for that extended cut of Falco’s “Rock Me, Amadeus,” but I went with opera instead. Please don’t cut me out of the will.