Elaine Douvas on Operatic Miscues | Juilliard Snapshot

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Channel: The Juilliard School · 2017 · Education

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Elaine Douvas, oboe faculty member and principal oboist in The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, discusses some of the unusual happenings during opera performance, including fires in the garret and vacuum cleaners falling into the pit. Attend a Juilliard event: https://goo.gl/4pxxE6

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