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...that operatic soprano Celestina Boninsegna (pictured) sang her first leading role at the unusually young age of 15?
...that opera superstar Giuseppe Cremonini's career was tragically cut short upon his sudden death at the age of 36?
...that Marguerite Sylva modestly told W. S. Gilbert at her sister's audition that she "sang a little" and, after demonstrating, was offered a part?

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