Opera History

😂The famous tenor Leo Slezak was about to enter the swan boat for his entrance in the opera Lohengrin but because of some stagehand mistake , the boat took off without him. He turned to someone and said 'Wann geht der nächste Schwann?' 'What time is the next swan?'

You can hear him singing the swan aria here : https://youtu.be/wawGyfFiFR0?feature=shared

Illustration by Franziska Bilek