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 * ...that Europa riconosciuta by Antonio Salieri (pictured) was first performed at the opening of La Scala in 1778 and was not performed again for more than two hundred years?
 * ...Bantcho Bantchevsky, former singer and voice coach, committed suicide during a nationally-broadcast performance from the Metropolitan Opera?
 * ...that Antonio Bagioli, musical director for one of the first Italian opera companies to tour the United States, stayed behind for love, rather than continuing on to Cuba?

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