1.   Adrienne McEwan, a trained operatic soprano, was the ingenue, Christine Daae.

2.   It is impossible to imagine her developing the destructive wobble to which operatic sopranos too often succumb.

3.   Nancy Shade, an operatic soprano, absolutely smolders smoulders as Marie.

4.   She studied ballet for two years, then turned to voice lessons and soon earned a reputation as a fine operatic soprano, sought after by opera companies.

5.   Still, she had early success as an operatic soprano.

6.   The operatic soprano from Cardiff, Wales, will occasionally ask her mother, Maria, to help fill in the blanks.

7.   Her mother was a noted operatic soprano, and her father owned most of the top soccer teams in Ireland.