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Title: Disappointment
Review: The artists are trying their best, but loose out hopelessly. This is a live recording by the Boston Opera Company - and much too live it is. I have never heard so much coughing and other audience noise on any recording. At times it is even evident that some members of the audience are having conversations. And then American audiences are so ill bred. They never wait for the music to finish before they start applauding, drowning out completely the last minute. To top it all the recording engineer seems to love applause, because he never fades it out, but keeps recording until it dies down by itself. As if the listener would be more fascinated by applause than by the music itself.My advice to prospective buyers is to stay away from this one. I am going to take my copy to the dump site and I will buy another, definitely non-live edition of Semiramide
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