A farce set backstage at a regional opera company on the night of a gala performance, when the celebrated Italian tenor engaged to sing the lead is mistakenly presumed dead after an overdose of tranquilizers. Desperate to save the show, the flustered opera manager convinces his own timid assistant to don the tenor's costume and go on in his place, and chaos multiplies when the real tenor wakes up groggy and wanders off in identical costume at the same time. What follows is a whirlwind of mistaken identities, slamming doors, and near-misses as two 'tenors' crisscross the hotel suite while everyone tries to keep the truth from the audience and the press. The play is a precision-engineered farce celebrated for its breakneck pacing and physical comedy.

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