Leonard Borland Returns To Opera After Personal Collapse
Leonard Borland recalls a self destructive period after a breakup with Doris. He spirals into debt and addiction to women, loses home and work, then accepts a comeback offer from Bert Horn to sing Pagliacci with a new coach. He plans an on stage comeback while resisting reconciliation with Doris.
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Cecil
Society
Leighton
Horn
Mr. Borland
Leonard Borland
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Logan Bennett
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Giuseppe Rossi
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Opera House
Newark
Bone Yard
Hippodrome
Marcel
Germont
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Siegal
Scene Behind the Curtain with Gustav Schultz
The narrator recounts a rehearsal moment with conductor Gustav Schultz at the piano. Parma appears in the wings and exchanges greetings. A backstage exchange describes stage combat as the actor demonstrates a fall and audience reaction.
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Gustav Schultz
Parma
Humorous Musings Before a Singer’s Big Night
A backstage account recalls singers boasting rough humor and muscle, the narrator’s nervous energy, a pre show routine including lunch, vocalizing, makeup, and a hotel nap as contracts approach after a rehearsal and a show.
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