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Facts

Also Known As Rosa Melba Ponzillo
Born January 22, 1897 • Meriden • Connecticut
Died May 25, 1981 (aged 84) • Baltimore • Maryland

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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.
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Lily Pons
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Amelita Galli-Curci
Amelita Galli-Curci
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Sumi Jo
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 1956.
Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
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Marcella Sembrich
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Sondra Radvanovsky
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Joan Sutherland
Joan Sutherland
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Adelina Patti.
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Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
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Luisa Tetrazzini, c. 1910.
Luisa Tetrazzini
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Nellie Melba, engraving, 1894
Dame Nellie Melba
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Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins
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Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
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Grace Moore.
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Dawn Upshaw
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Patricia Racette
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Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills
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Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming
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Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne
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