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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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