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Photograph caption dated December 4, 1959 reads "Magdaline Gessleman, right, reaches for high note while rehearsing for part of Amahl in 'Amahl and the Night Visitors,' opera to be presented Dec. 11 by San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra. Helping Magdaline rehearse are orchestra conductor James A. Swift and Mrs. Ben F. Wilson, who will portray the mother in opera."
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