In my (limited) experience, the practice here is to have music rehearsals BEFORE the start of stage rehearsals. Principals are generally expected to have coached their parts privately; the chorus will rehearse with the chorus master/mistress or the music director.
Some contracts state clearly that we MUST have the music memorized by the start of stage rehearsals, if not before!
Elizabeth Finkler mightymezzo@h...
>From: Laurence Helleu <laurence.helleu@f...> > >Hi everybody, >I hope some of you will be able to answer my questions about the schedule >of >musical rehearsals in opera houses (soloists, conductor, pianist). > >1) Do they usually happen BEFORE scenic rehearsals ? >2) If the answer is no, do you think they should? >3) How many are they? >
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