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French clarinetist Philippe Cuper is the principal clarinetist of the Opéra National de Paris and is an international soloist. Here is his typical daily schedule:
- Between 7 and 7.30: wake up and have a café and a baguette or croissants
- 9.00: I leave for rehearsal.
- 10.00-13.00: Rehearsal
- 15.00-18.00: Sometimes I also have rehearsal at the Opera. Some afternoons or even some entire days I teach at the Versailles Conservatory.
- 18.30-18.45: Arrive at the Opera ( Bastille or Garnier)
- 19.30: Opéra or ballet or concert until 22.30-23.00. (When we play Wagner we finish around 23.30-23.45).
