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... that after retiring from the stage opera singer Emma Carelli (pictured) managed the Rome Opera House for almost 15 years?
... that tenor Albert Reiss sang in 1,070 performances at the Metropolitan Opera?
... that operatic soprano Romilda Pantaleoni sang the role of Desdemona in the original 1887 production of Giuseppe Verdi's Otello?

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