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... that soprano Marie Sasse (pictured) created the role of Elisabeth de Valois in the world premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlos?
... that Mikhail Sokolovsky{{'s}} 1779 opera The Miller who was a Wizard, a Cheat and a Matchmaker was for many years mistakenly attributed to Yevstigney Fomin?
... that Hans Pfitzner composed Das Christ-Elflein (The Little Elf of Christ, sometimes given as The Little Christmas Elf) first as incidental music, then in 1917 as an opera?

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