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  • Met Motivation: A couple of weekends ago, I finally had the opportunity to watch The Audition, a documentary providing a behind-the-scenes look at the Metropolitan Opera's National Council Auditions.  I must admit I was a bit skeptical at first, thinking it would be more of a vanity video for the Met and the competition it supports á la Prince's Purple Rain.  However, I was surprised to find that Susan Frömke's work attempts to provide an objective vision of what the National Council Auditions are to the competit...