The San Francisco Opera created a role in “The Barber of Seville” for her pet miniature schnauzer, which also performed on stages in New York, Paris and Berlin. A Chicago judge dismissed a traffic ticket after Larmore crooned parts from “The Barber of Seville,” “Alcina” and “Cinderella.” The courtroom erupted afterward in applause.

Heck, if I sang the judge would probably double the fine. Sigh.

I read it here.