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MYSTERIOUS: The hidden world of an opera prompter | Mind Blowing Facts

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San Francisco Opera prompter Matthew Piatt sits in the prompter's box at the War Memorial Opera House. (Chloe Veltman/NPR/Chloe Veltman/NPR)

To reach the prompter's box at the home of the San Francisco Opera, Matthew Piatt heads under the stage and walks down a long, narrow passageway.

Then he shimmies up a metal ladder.

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