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...that the Théâtrophone service (1890-1932) allowed the subscribers (pictured) to listen to opera and theatre performances over the telephone lines?
...that the 19th century Mexican soprano Ángela Peralta once sang Donizetti's opera Maria di Rohan in a theatre improvised from a disused sand pit in La Paz, Baja California?
...that composer Michael Arne's obsession for alchemy and the search for the philosopher's stone led him into serious financial problems resulting in his arrest and confinement in a Dublin sponging-house?

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