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Singing careers tend to follow a pattern: early study, conservatory, a young artists’ program, smaller parts, larger ones, little-known companies, famous ones. A soprano who does the Third Norn in Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” might, if she’s lucky, eventually graduate to Brünnhilde.