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2 unusual facts about Emma Calvé


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Emma Calvé (1858-1942) at the height of her fame bought, in 1884, Cabrières Castle before selling it to a manufacturer of gloves a few years later.

Sigrid Arnoldson

She sang the latter impersonation as a last-minute substitute for an indisposed Emma Calvé at Covent Garden in 1903.



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