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who had a prolific career in Italy and South
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as Eva. Following the end of her singing career, Zamboni worked as a singing teacher in Milan for more than twenty years before retiring to Verona where she died in 1976.
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where she sang annually from 1924–1926. In Europe she had a considerable amount of success in the
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in Milan. She sang regularly at the Teatro
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Zamboni was the first singer to record the role of Manon
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