Why don’t opera singers deafen each other?

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Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland on stage in New York in 1987.
Deaf becomes her … Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland on stage in New York in 1987. Photograph: Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images

Why don’t opera singers deafen each other? They’re singing loud enough to be heard in the back row, yet they are right in each other’s ears. Brian Dermody, Blessington, Co Wicklow

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