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... that lyric coloratura soprano Harolyn Blackwell (pictured) replaced opera diva Kathleen Battle when she famously got fired from the Metropolitan Opera?
... that the musical play Are You There? was widely promoted because of its score by Ruggero Leoncavallo (best known for his opera Pagliacci), but the first-night audience were incensed when it turned out to have very little music?
... that opera singer Rosemary Kuhlmann was an assistant to the international vice-president of PepsiCo for 16 years from the age of 56, despite intending to stay for only four months?

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