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Jorma Hynninen
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Eleanor Steber
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Eleanor Steber (17 July 1914 – 3 October 1990) was an American operatic soprano. Steber is noted as one of the first major opera stars to h… read moreEleanor Steber (17 July 1914 – 3 October 1990) was an American operatic soprano. Steber is noted as one of the first major opera stars to have achieved the highest success with training and a career based in the United States. Eleanor St… read moreEleanor Steber (17 July 1914 – 3 October 1990) was an American operatic soprano. Steber is noted as one of the first major opera stars to have achieved the highest success with training and a career based in the United States. Eleanor Steber was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1914. She made … read more -
Josef Locke
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Ezio Pinza
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Gaspare Spontini
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Karina Gauvin
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Eileen Farrell
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Hugues Cuenod
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