What happens when you mix incredible beauty with a knack for theatrical allure, a stellar work ethic, as well as a drive to succeed? Of course, you produce someone who’s situation can never get the best of them. Within the annals of operatic history are many figures for whom their upbringing did not promise them anything that was afforded them later in life.

It is too easy to look at others and forget the ugly that comes with extreme beauty. Thus, when the veil of attractiveness is pulled back, we can see a completely different side of that individual that may not have been apparent from the start.