The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-19
thirteen years old. AL the musicians are
given -FOUR weeks vacation with pay
OFERA BEGINS AT6P. M.


thirteen years old. AL the musicians are
given four weeks vacation with pay
OFERA BEGINS Atop. M.
In most of the German cities the opera
begins ate or $50 o'clock and closes at o
o'clock OF a little later, which il a very
sensible Ian, from the German point of
view, forit is the custom here tc have din
ner at Tor o'clock and supper at 8 or 9
o'clock. Gentlemen go from their stores or
offices tc the opera where they meet their
wives, aud then have supper when they go
home afer the performance There is a
buffet ii the building at which beer. pref
zels sandwiches, ices. cakes wines and
other refreshments can be had between the
acts, AM it is always well patronized. Eco
nomiealpeople bring crackers, cakes and
sometims little sandwiches in little bags
with ther opera glasses.
On Snday nights 1t is customary for
many the ladies and gentlemen to dress
for theopera, but during the week they
always go in street costumes and leave
their has and wraps in the cloakroom.
This is , suit the convenience of the gerl-
tleruen mo come direct from their BUSH
ness. Ht there is very little dressing in
German. on any occasion. Less money is
spent hce for personal adornment than
IN any oaer country in the world, and even
on SundS nights. except in Berlin during
the Socia season, not more than one-third
of the auience of an opera. are in evening
dress.
As the peras are matter of education.
tney are iven exactly as they are written
ana eAacy as the composer intended In
the Unite States stage managers take
great libefies with musical scores They
leave out embarrassing passages. They
shorten opras sometimes by emitting en-
TIRE acts. nd often interpoate compost
lions by othr composers in order to bright
en- up t,d the pr1ormance But If a manager
charged It's the purpose of the manager
ana OF ever performer conscientiously TO
convey the lea that was in the mind of the
composer re the instruction as well aS
the edincatin of the audience
As soon g an act is finished everybody
gets up anogoes out of the audience room
to drink lass of beer or shake the kinks
out or the legs by promenading in the
Foyer. tr1adS sit down at little tables and
never any listing in the boxes: and, fur
thermore, eople who go to the opera to
show their;owns and their jewels get very
little cons0tion and are considered vulgar
If not disiputable. Anybody who would
attempt tosarry on a conversation in one
of the boxe or do anything to disturb the
or the hous Such conduct as is common
az the the 1 o2peersn New York and other cities
for '9 noo states Wou.q not oe tolerated
or the pSic At the beginninr
OF each at the doors are locked
and are not oened again until the curtain
falls. so tina punctuality is necessary if
people want get the worth of their mon
ey. When niger from some other city
appears as compliment it is customary
to give her orim an ovation at the end OF
the first act, 1t the regular staff of singers
are never cheed except at the end of the
nrst act, and ten in the most critical way
Kissing is frecent If any actor does not
know his part sings out of tune he is re-
minded OF his Effects very promptly and
the managemef fines him or Furnishes him
in some other. ay to satisfy public senti-
ment
The annual candar is composed mostly
or German opera Italian compositions are
often introducedut French operas are NOT
popular. An cas- way to incite riot in
e German city iso sing French song on
the street. Mus dealers are often re-
quested to take bench compositions out of
their show windos, and no genuine French
opera will be torated in a German city
unless it is write by a disting1Iishad Won
like Gounod AAAe-AA