Word: pontnewynydd
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...born in Pontnewynydd, Wales, worked as a secretary for four years in the local foundry before winning a scholarship in 1956 to London's Royal College of Music. She was hired by the Zurich Opera in 1962 as a mezzo, but soon found she couldn't restrain herself from "singing top Cs and trilling." Zurich Conductor Nello Santi listened and forthwith pronounced her a soprano...
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