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...At the Met, her home since 1991, she seems to have foresworn the so-called standard repertory in favour of such specialties as Rossini’s Armida and Richard Strauss’s Capriccio....
...The Metropolitan Opera first raised its curtain in 1883, but until Monday the company had never ventured Rossini’s Armida. It is easy to see, and hear, why....
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