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Spear Carrier
A website devoted to the supernumeraries of The Opera Company of Philadelphia
 >  At the main website of The Opera Company of Philadelphia, you can find out about upcoming shows and buy tickets for them, or take a peek Behind the Scenes to see what really goes on before the curtain rises on a new production.
 >  The Opera Stage is Frank Frissora's website, which offers "a supernumerary point of view" based on his experiences in many many shows at The Opera Company of Philadelphia.
 >  The radio show Creatively Speaking, which is broadcast on local Philadelphia station WRTI, produced a segment in which super Therese Madden describes the ins and outs of taking part in performances at The Opera Company of Philadelphia.
 >  It's not clear exactly who Bill is, but he seems to have a good handle on what being a supernumerary in an opera is all about.
 >  Supers in Seattle? Didn't they make a movie about that or something?
 >  In Orlando, Florida, people will actually pay money to get to be a super in the opera (as part of a fund-raiser for the company where bit parts were auctioned off to the highest bidder).
 >  As a super at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Gina Guglielmo has worked with a galaxy of stars, including Placido Domingo --- and she's got the pictures to prove it.
 >  Back in 1937, the San Francisco Opera needed a super to play a snake charmer. These days, they are still looking for supers who hopefully will be charming, and they have a neat coat of arms for their supers too for some odd reason.
 >  A casting call for supers in Detroit drew huge crowds hungry for the fame and glory of opera extra-dom at the Michigan Opera Theater.
 >  You do not need to have supernumerary nipples to work as a supernumerary in the opera, but hey, it couldn't hurt!
 >  At the Lyric Opera of Chicago, some supers also get to be lightwalkers, and literally tread in the footsteps of the stars.