An opera house in this city pioneered the use of "English traps," devices that allowed singers to quickly appear and disappear in order to resemble ghosts.
During rehearsals for a performance of The Mute Girl of Portici in this city, a ballerina caught on 3re when her skirt accidentally brushed against a gas light. An opera house in this city pioneered the use of "English traps," devices that allowed singers to quickly appear and disappear in order to resemble ghosts. Angered by the omission of an Act Two ballet scene, this city's "Jockey Club" disrupted the premiere of Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser (TAHN-hoy-zah); a7ter the opera ended, Wagner vowed to never stage works in this city again. In 1896, one of the counterweights of a chandelier in this city's opera house became dislodged and fell on a member of the audience. Most of Giacomo Meyerbeer's grand operas premiered in this city, which is the setting for a Francis Poulenc (poo-LAWNK) opera which ends with the executions of Mother Marie, Sister Constance, and a host of other Carmelite nuns. For 10 points, name this city where the poet Rodolfo lives in Puccini's La Bohème.
During rehearsals for a performance of The Mute Girl of Portici in this city, a ballerina caught on 3re when her skirt accidentally brushed against a gas light.
Paris