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How did opera's greatest soprano lose her voice?

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Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini

Italian composer

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

Italian opera singer

Sondra Radvanovsky

American-Canadian singer

Marietta Alboni

Marietta Alboni

Italian opera singer

Montserrat Caballé, c. 1965.

Montserrat Caballé

Spanish opera singer

Marchesi de Castrone, Mathilde

Mathilde Marchesi de Castrone

German singer and teacher

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