... PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CONFESSIONS OF AN OPERA SINGER *** an Opera Singer, by Kathleen Howard 1CHAPTER VIPREPARING RÔLES IN BERLINThe first of September, without a word of German, I set out for ... keepscontract blanks in his office, and when he hears of a vacancy in an opera house, he fills in a blank with yourname, the name of the theatre, and tentatively the salary he thinks they will pay, and ... operatic machinery of Germany began to attract meirresistibly. The organized system of opera, the great chain of opera houses, the discipline of their rigidschooling, the concentration and deep musical...