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Title: Singers overcome by audience
Review: There is no quibbling with the excellence of this cast. The Metropolitan assembled the greatest singers in the prime of their careers. Pavarotti, Sutherland, and Milnes are the golden trio and sing gloriously throughout. Von Stade has a very small part; but for someone who loves her voice (as I do), this should have been a notch in my belt in my attempts to collect her entire discography. However, the consumptive Violetta must have been in the audience if the amount of coughing caught on the tape is any indication. It is a shame to have to listen to all of these hackers as the cast spins their magic vocally. It absolutely ruins the recording, surely someone's best effort at pirating. Even the magic of the vocalists couldn't overcome this annoying audience.
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