Backstage Opera: The Met Punches Holes in the ‘Cover’ System

By "cover" it means understudy. It is an interesting article that
explains the [gentlemanly] cut-throat competition that understudies
now face against star singers filling in for other star singers that
fall ill. Are American tactics being replaced for a more European
approach?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/arts/music/20oper.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=music

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