Word: curtained
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...recur. And the new building has 21 floors of office space from which rentals are calculated to help defray the expenses of the big auditorium downstairs where, too, the increased number of seats means bigger takings at the box office. Last season 306,018 persons paid to see the curtain rise, compared to 272,006 in the old house the year before. Receipts totaled $1,230,224 as against $948,469 in 1928-29. Average price of tickets rose 53¢?from $3.49 to $4.02. "Unfortunately," mused President Insull, "the financial advantage of this increase is nullified by the constantly...
...Tannhauser had not been given in Bayreuth in 25 years. It was an equally long time since Toscanini had conducted it. After each act (and at following performances) the great audience cheered tempestuously, threw hats, stamped, applauded, called for conductor and cast. But they called vainly. There are no curtain calls at Bayreuth. Oldtime Festivalgoers noted many a change that had come to the Festspielhaus and vicinity since the last festival (1928). Modernity has encroached on the Sacred Hill. A new office building of severe modern design rears beside the peaceful slope. A post orifice and police station have been...
...Colon stage was set for Moussorgsky's Boris Godounov. For the role of the Infanticide Boris, Chaliapin was making up, robing in his dressing room. Wires and microphones were in readiness to flash the deep magic of Chaliapin's singing throughout the land. Time for the opening curtain neared. Suddenly, without warning, Chaliapin declared that if a single note of his were broadcast under no circumstances would he set foot on stage...
...months ago the actual work of reconstruction seemed to be finished. Still the enormous grey cloth curtain which tor so many years had shut off dome and crossing from the nave hung in its usual place Disregarding formidable notices: PLEASE KEEP OUT! A bold Daily Mail reporter ducked under the curtain on a voyage of discovery. The great empty vault bare of scaffolding except for a few neglected planks, was complete, looked exactly as he had remembered it. Somewhere in the distance one lone carpenter was hammering slowly on a board...
Last week the curtain came down and the public swept in. While the choir sang and trumpets blew and the organ pealed a solemn procession moved up the aisle. Proudly at its head in stiff blue suits and immaculate collars walked 100 workmen who had completed this great task, followed the Lord Mayor with his sheriffs in medieval costume, and 200 bishops. Next entered King George and Queen Mary who had come in semi-state from Temple Bar escorted by the Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor. Behind them with military medal on their peaceful white surplices marched a delegation...