I was in a production of Aida, I'm not an opera singer, they needed supers (extras) to be litter carriers for the stars. There were 6 big guys like me dressed in loin cloths and body painted to look like Egyptians. They only had a big area backstage curtained off for a dressing room that we were to share with the ballet troupe of 18, the plan was the girls would do their changes, then the guys and back and forth, 3 for each of us. O f course even at the calm dress rehearsal this didn't work because was all had limited time to change and get back ready to go on. The guys just had to go from one type of loin cloth to another, but you would be surprised how long that takes when there are a bunch of dancers topless changing tutus all around you.
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