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... that although Antonio Maria Bononcini's (Bononcini pictured) 1718 opera Griselda was successful, his older brother, Giovanni Bononcini, composed a more popular version in 1722?
... that the Balık sisters from Turkey are the only identical twins singing opera?
... that composer Jonathan Battishill once performed several airs from Samuel Arnold's oratorio The Prodigal Son without the sheet music, and after not hearing the work for more than 20 years?

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