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Did Opperman double?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-03-26 02:14

Kal Opperman was very active in Broadway theater pits during the mid-1900s. I've found myself wondering from time to time if he doubled on other woodwinds to do this or only played clarinet. I don't know any theater woodwind players in the Philadelphia area who don't also play the saxes, often flute and less often double reeds, whether their major instrument is clarinet or not. Has pit scoring changed that much since the '50s and '60s that a clarinetist could make a living on Broadway without the doubles. Can it be done today in New York? Or is doubling something I just never read about in connection with Opperman?

Karl

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