Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-12-01

made oil lot oil Sticks on hinges;
bend little. ike this. Illus
ira ing Now. try il again.
T iey ny 1t again
Siopi stop! that's worse than
before. Nov you're all acting as
if you were made Of ubber. This
isn't a ci cus."
Taey Try ii again, and this tim
do il beautiful y.
"Well, that's little battt,;
but Tomorrow il you don't do
that properly, hing me il l do,
keen YOU ut it TIL Q o clock"
When tIs cho a. b - thorough.
" learned the hu-iners of the
ir-t nimber they are ina q ~
walk through It wv.ral tim. :
aithout innric. Then, II the,
perform to the stage IN a 'gef'r :
satisfaction they are req nrei 10
% through 1t ,everai times.
Altin ne asks them ii they car
RENE mber that uLtiitie isxt d Y
fney answer III It they can, aud
ns repeats the direfui thres,
about q o'clock. Tae pin .ipal-
IRE ius ricte.l ia u similar mtn
mr.. Tue stage manager. how
aver, ai 0as them u little more
! b ity an threaten. iLem iu u
,nore fiieudiy msnnsr.
Dsn'G you think It woull he
more 1-ctive If l dii that til
wa,f' axis the 6 ,uirdi n
'l.et me see u. Yes; that /,
.ool enough D., 1t tnlt way, II
you like. old b0j
Tue rtays munger /, in con.
,tauL cOD ,ultaiiou ~irh the c,n-
ductor during these r, b c arsal, ia
order that hs may not intro Iues
any business tuat will Interfere
with the Ia ,sir. Wneu the peo.
PIC appear to he al psrf ct in the
tlrst act VI he opefa another u0
Tics 4 res up Ia the builoiin-case: !:
Call--Principa!s, chorus aud
orchestra to morrow aL IL A. NJ.
slsrp.
Al this rehearsal thing, usually
golo pieces. Tue biaro VI brass
ups-ts the chorus peopI aud
they beroiue hopsIessiy III x.d III
the movements accom- .hyihg The
up. ulng chorus. s ,ms vi ~ IA
SOP Staging aud end-av ,r Il, cor-
r.cI tbs v.uef-, au u.re ooaid-
el,u rel aus. Ia tue mi ., of it
all the voios of The stage man4-
ger tnuni,fs vu
''S.opl u, b.okl
Aud the, are Oh ICED to begin
over II luey fan to 10 1t prop
srly thu. time they are ,lals 20
walk through il without thu
music, aud tnis familiar exercise
calms their troubled uei,eI. This
~ p, riaps the irst time tGas ths
chorus has worked with tue I'm
cipal,. aud they Lsg,n tu see =
meaning ia their own movements.
Absut three week, OF this kind
VI rehear,ipg, mostly WITH
piano accompaniment, Is required
Gu get the opera into shaps for
prssen tatio0. In the meantime
ne ssaga manager has seiec ed
each Al srs MS ces Y ls, aud tLs
wsid,v 20 w0ussn ..s engaged IL
fstiug thsm. Finally. tue nisll
before The ., era /, 10 be produced
q dress r. hesrssl il called 1hi
is sim ply q perfornsncs to which
the stage manager has The priv
ilege Of co ,asIon lily in errapt
iaS with his unpleasant CRY. "Gs
bsrkT The ssttias 0f the scene,
and the arrangement VI the iigh,l
II. Sometimes ieit uniii this ~
hearsat. though It Is usually LIst
before. Tue sisy.-ua1tis netu u
beco,l.s fsni.Iar With lbs handing
vi the sceues IN orisr ~ sv,i,
long waits betwtsu tho acis VI
,hs opening Liynt. Tue artIs
aud ihs gas enyinser must ar
raIg, tie lights so that the scent
ry Will ts aI-pla, si to sdvantag'
,nd no uni lssesut or Ia .r'i,,io Fl
u { es en. Thsure = reht arsa u
the ,.si work done i'y the tou.
o q bsfoie the FIST peal, rruancs
fuf they do net r,h srse on 'L
lay al The opening, tut savs tael
energies for tbs a,tsek ou th
pubic iu the even NJ.