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This image released by the Washington National Opera shows Bass David Leigh as Rocco the jailer in a new production of Beethoven's "Fidelio," opening Oct. 25 at the Washington National Opera. (Mauricio Castro/Washington National Opera via AP)

Bass David Leigh finds that a successful opera career is no ‘impossible dream’

By Mike Silverman - Associated Press

FILE - This May 10, 1966 file photo shows Richard Kiley, center, in the &quot;Man of La Mancha,&quot; composed by Mitch Leigh. Leigh, 86, a successful advertising jingle writer whose debut attempt at writing music for a Broadway show became the instant, celebrated hit &quot;Man of La Mancha&quot; and earned him a Tony Award, died Sunday, March 16, 2014, in New York of pneumonia and complications from a stroke. A memorial was being held Monday afternoon in Manhattan. (AP Photo, File)

Mitch Leigh, composer of ‘Man of La Mancha,’ dies

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press