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‘Too fat’ opera star makes slight return

18 years ago
Gary Hoffman

Charlotte Higgins [Guardian, 4 April 2007]
Deborah Voigt, the soprano who said she was sacked from the Royal Opera for being too fat, is back at Covent Garden this autumn – 68kg lighter.

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