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Also Known As Nascina Florence Foster
Born July 19, 1868 • Wilkes-Barre • Pennsylvania
Died November 26, 1944 (aged 76) • New York City • New York

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Maria Callas in London in 1958, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, gloves, and a dark coat with a white collar, looking toward the camera in an elegant pose.
Maria Callas
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Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
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Grace Moore.
Grace Moore
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Lily Pons
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Dawn Upshaw
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Patricia Racette
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Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming
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Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills
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Sondra Radvanovsky
American-Canadian singer
Rosa Ponselle.
Rosa Ponselle
American singer
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Helen Traubel
American opera singer
Matilda Sissieretta Jones
Matilda Sissieretta Jones
American opera singer
Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
Geraldine Farrar, c. 1908.
Geraldine Farrar
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Mary Garden as Mélisande.
Mary Garden
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Amelita Galli-Curci
Amelita Galli-Curci
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Eileen Farrell
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Jessye Norman
Jessye Norman
American opera singer
Lillian Nordica as Selika in Giacomo Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, 1892.
Lillian Nordica
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Lucine Amara
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