Yet to hear people talk about the shows, you'd think Maria Callas had risen from the dead to tour with the Metropolitan Opera.

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She walks as though freshly risen from the dead, patrolling the streets and corridors in a stiffened glide, with those dark, deep-sunk eyes of hers staring hard ahead.

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The number of dead there has now risen to over 250.

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