Signora

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Excerpt from Signora: A Child of the Opera HouseBut the stage door Of an opera house is somewhat more elaborate. A 1 750 a night voice has to be carefully guarded. Draughts must be excluded as much as possible. An Opera company is a large organization and from half past six, when the prima donnas, who like to take plenty of time over their coiffures and costumes, begin to arrive, until the performance begins, there is a constant Opening and shutting of the stage door. It never would do to have the cold blasts of a winter night sweep staccato through the labyrinth of passageways. For it is mar vellous how delicate a prima donna's voice becomes after she has made her success. Early in her career she may have been glad.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.