Show MECHANICS OF GRAND OPERA The means by which tho beautiful and detailed scenic effects are arc obtained for use miD in grand opera is discussed in a profusely pro pro- article in the December Decem- Decem bor ber Popular Mechanics Magazine Magazino Ou On account of the tho magnitude of thc productions and the tho care of detail work the Metropolitan opera house bouso in Now New York it is stated ha haS haS' from eighty to one oue hundred mon men around tho sta stage e duro dur- tho production of an opera opera An idea of the tho wonderful mechanical training of the tho mon men directing things behind the curtain is givon ivon in tho tho production of II The Tho Magic Jute lutc This has been beon called the most difficult opera in the tho world to stage Thom Thoro are are fifteen changes of scenes but the tho longest wait I at the o Metropolitan 1 is from seconds to toone toone one and one half minutes Tho Metro has never seen wen a hitch in the production o of the opera |