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Maria Jeritza (6 October 1887 – 10 July 1982) was a Czech soprano singer, long associated with the Vienna State Opera (1912–1935) and the Metropolitan Opera (1921–1932 and 1951). Her rapid rise to fame, beauty and personality earned her the nickname "The Moravian Thunderbolt".

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My chance, when it came, was due, literally, to the fact that I was slender. . . . You cannot make an opera audience believe that a man will endanger his soul, and commit robbery and murder for a very stout lady's sake.

Audience, Believe, Chance, Make, Men, Soul

The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands.

Case, Lying, Modern, Real, Singer, Singing

It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy which the artist feels when the conviction seizes her that at last she has caught the very soul of the character she wishes to portray, in the music and action which reveal it.

Action, Artist, Caught, Character, Creative

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Raj Thackeray

Blair Hull

Blair Hull

J. C. Leyendecker

J. C. Leyendecker

Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

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Nicolas Gomez Davila

Haile Gerima

Haile Gerima

John Tomac

John Tomac

Martin Truex Jr.

Martin Truex Jr.

Jan Timman

Jan Timman

Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Frederick Gowland Hopkins

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Rene Balcer

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria