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 * ... that although opera singer Rita Fornia (pictured) began her career as a coloratura soprano, her voice lowered and darkened causing her to sing mostly mezzo-soprano roles?
 * ... that before becoming a famous opera singer, Ines Maria Ferraris had a career as a concert pianist beginning at the age of 12?
 * ... that operatic soprano Maria Zamboni was the first person to record the title role of Puccini's Manon Lescaut in its entirety?

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