Opera company honours its wigs

Opera company honours its wigs

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norman lebrecht

July 15, 2014

There was an unusual curtain call after Traviata last night at San Francisco Opera.

An unassuming man was called on stage to receive the company medal.

Gerd Mairandres was retiring after 39 years as Head of Wigs and Makeup.

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If the Met treated its employees with similar respect, it would never have got into its present mess.

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