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Warmed-Over Virgil. Actually, The Trojans is really two operas in one. The first part tells the story of the fall of Troy, while the second describes the tattered survivors at Carthage and the love story of Dido and Aeneas. The Berlioz libretto is warmed-over Virgal shot through with...
When the supers arrived backstage, it was one vast, dim-lit confusion. Stage hands frantically moved sets in every direction. A huge flat nearly smashed through the curtain. Soldiers, gypsics, street urchins, and buxom factory girls scurried aimlessly around the stage.
"I don't care what the rules are," said one of the supers to another. "When the chorus sings, I'm going to sing too."
When the opera ended, the supers went upstairs to undress. "Don't try to swipe any swords or helmets," the costume manager warned. "You'll all be searched as you go out the door."
Some of the supers couldn't get their makeup off and had to walk past the stage door crowds still looking vaguely like gypsies. People stared at them and whispered, so they acted very professional.