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In this March 2015 photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, Luca Salsi performs in the role of Enrico in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" during a dress rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The 40-year-old baritone from Parma, Italy, was taking a walk with his wife Saturday, April 4, when he received a telephone call from Placido Domingo's son, who asked him if he could get to the Metropolitan Opera to take over as Don Carlo in a performance of Verdi's "Ernani." (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Cory Weaver)
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