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Mathilde Marchesi (1821–1913): renowned mezzo-soprano and voice teacher whose students included Nellie Melba and Emma Calvé; her full name was Mathilde de Castrone Marchesi. ↩
Lucia di Lammermoor (1835): opera by Gaetano Donizetti, one of the great bel canto masterpieces; based on Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor. ↩
Si ingrata, t'amo, t'amo ancora (Italian: "ungrateful one, I love you, I love you still"): from the celebrated sextet in Act II of Lucia di Lammermoor, in which Edgardo confronts Lucia after her marriage to Arturo. ↩