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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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