OPERA UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
t ( ' l ' In oxcitmg chapter, marked 'the [■ concluding performance afc the Opera House f< , a ' Milan. Miss Ijlisa, Bland, a prima donna, harrying to..tho theatre,"when . she.' fell ?v' gown and eoveroly spramed ier ankle t" .throughout tho evening, the "Chronicle" says, I aha had to bo whwlcd about tho stage on a fe' lt !« r : ' n ( ; fillo t'''fashicia thafc .oiily .th 6 upper halt of her flguro was visible to tho publio 1 as she sang her part. Meanwhile, attend- , , ants crouched below, the screen v,«ro busy Vfcfew; bathing;: and' massaging tho -;foot>; to tho : atronotis pain, btgnor Barren, tho tenor, hobbled about groaning with gont, and .tho - .',nr.ybi!s,Signor Gmno, while taking , air in . . ..tho afternoon, had/the-misfortune to slip into ' fl-j ditch and strain tho nmscUa of - his kn«o i - / He seized every opportunity, of retiring to the I wihg to nvo vent to his feelings. A fire threatened to destroy tho 6cenery, whilst a f , thunder storm raging outside extinguished tho ' electric light. •
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 676, 29 November 1909, Page 4
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167OPERA UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 676, 29 November 1909, Page 4
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