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Just Like Yesterday, Only Better
Technology to the rescue. Given the spectacular cost of making new recordings of familiar operas, we are likely to continue to listen to the great singers of the past -- and sometimes even the far-distant past -- in ever-grander and better-sounding reissues. (14/11) Read
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