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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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