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This Sept. 28, 2018 photo released by the Metropolitan Opera shows soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as the saloon keeper heroine Minnie in a scene from Puccini's &quot;La Fanciulla del West&quot; at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The opera will be broadcast to movie theaters live in HD on Oct. 27. (Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera via AP)

Soprano inspired by Puccini’s Western hero

By MIKE SILVERMAN - Associated Press

`Francesca’ returns to Met after 27-year absence

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Undated photo released by The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Friday Feb. 18, 2011 shows Dutch Soprano Eva Maria Westbroek as Anna Nicole in the title role of the Royal Opera House's production of "Anna Nicole." It's a rags-to-riches story with sex, drugs, vast wealth and family tragedy. Perfect material for an opera. Still, Britain's venerable Royal Opera raised some eyebrows when it announced that its next production would be based on the short, sensational life of Playboy Playmate-turned-tabloid-superstar Anna Nicole Smith. (AP Photo/Bill Cooper-HO Royal Opera House) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES. ONLY FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE PRODUCTION

Anna Nicole, the opera: She aims to sleaze

By MIKE SILVERMAN - Associated Press

Undated photo released by The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on Friday Feb. 18, 2011, shows Dutch soprano Eva Maria Westbroek as Anna Nicole in the title role of the Royal Opera House's production of "Anna Nicole." (AP Photo/Bill Cooper-HO Royal Opera House)

Anna Nicole, the opera: She aims to sleaze

By Mike Silverman - Associated Press

Anna Nicole, the opera: She aims to sleaze

By MIKE SILVERMAN - Associated Press