the last time I did Amahl, we had a conductor whose grasp on the reality of
a live performance was less than is required. We finished up with almost the
entire libretto written in our parts and we followed that.
At one notable point one of the characters shouts "Stop thief" followed by a
crash chord from the orchestra. Every night it went, in this order: "Stop
thief" - Bang from orchestra - downbeat from conductor.
This was the same person who, during a reheasal of some Handel, yelled at
the clarinets for not playing. They failed to convince her that they were not
in that piece until someone explained to her that "claini" meant trumpets.
Cheers,
Lawrence
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