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The star of dozens of Royal Opera performances is the subject of a new biography
out next week.
Pollyanne the opera donkey made her debut in Pagliacci. Now a mainstay of Carmen, she has upstaged singers from Angela Gheorghiu to Placido Domingo.
Read an adapted extract here.