Mozart in Motion - The Paris Review
Briefly

Opening nights of new operas may be the most fraught of all.So many things have to go right.The paint must have dried on the backdrops, the soprano's throat must be clear of infections and the tenor of overly distracting fits of pique.The orchestral players must be confident that their strings or reeds will behave themselves.
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