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The opera will be mounted with correct ecenery and costume*, and an excellent production la assured. There will be the usual Sunday afternoon and evening: concerts in the big: amphitheater.Allene Crater is one of the hardest workers at rehearsals I ever knew, said Harry Carter, stage manager of the Parry Opera Company. 1 have witnessed a large part of her stage career, for she made her first hit with David Henderson's burlesque company. of which 1 w*as a member, and I always thought she secured her opportunity by the way she worked at rehearsals. That soon caught the eye of Richard Barker, who, although inclined to be cranky at times, was a close observer of his people and most appreciative of their efTorts. He saw that Miss Crater went at anything she undertook with all her heart and soul, so when an English burlesquer who had been Imported for a part In ’Aladdin' broke down and went Into hysterics under Barker’s bluster at rehearsal, he calmly called for Miss Crater and gave her the part. She rewarded his confidence by making one of the biggest hits in the annals of the Chicago Opera House during its palmiest days. Even now that she is playing prim a donna roles in the standard operas, she has not become lazy. Most of the principals merely mumble their lines and walk through rehearsals, leaving the action until the last: but Miss Crater conscientiously goes through all her by-play and dances as well as singing her part.
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Evening Star
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sat, Jun 18, 1898
Page 17
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