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This aria is used to haunting effect in the great French film DIVA from 1981 as well.

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The Met could pulverize a few of its recent productions into wood flakes, paint them white, They could use them to make a avalanche to use for LA WALLY.

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What a beautiful and moving Aria. Thank you.

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Feb 5Liked by Opera Daily

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this. One of my favorites, and by the unforgettable Callas!

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Feb 6Liked by Opera Daily

Beautifully sung, so emotional

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Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, the Diva of ‘Diva,’ Dies at 75

A soprano who rose from South Philadelphia to the opera houses of Europe, she was memorably seen and heard in a 1981 film considered a paragon of cinematic style.

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