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From:  "Colin Reed" <colin-reed@l...>
"Colin Reed" <colin-reed@l...>
Date:  Tue May 15, 2001  10:21 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] why are operas underrehearsed?



----- Original Message -----
From: "Isabelle Bracamonte" <ibracamonte@y...>
From: "Isabelle Bracamonte" <ibracamonte@y...>
To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com>
To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 15 May 2001 21:03
Subject: [vocalist] why are operas underrehearsed?


> Graham and Lloyd have agreed that professional operas
> are in general underrehearsed because it would be too
> expensive otherwise.
>
> But why do professional theater productions not have
> this problem? Big theaters on Broadway, ACT, etc.,
> have at least five weeks of rehearsal for each piece
> they put on, right? What enables straight theater to
> rehearse more than operas are able to?
>
>
> Isabelle B.
>
> =====

They generally have longer runs to re-coup more of their costs. straight
economics really.

Colin Reed, tenor
Newark, UK



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