What happens
Opera singer Oriana Donati learns that her lover, Charles, is in love with rival soprano Kitty Brock, and that her impresario, Giulio Cassini, has signed Brock in her place. Oriana decides to take revenge on Brock using a mirror kept in the opera house prop room. The story is part of The Whistler, a radio mystery series, and this episode was first broadcast on February 13, 1949. The episode is told in a dramatic style, with the Whistler narrating the events as they unfold.
The Opera House in Los Angeles, during a two-week engagement of an opera company, with scenes at the property room, a train to New York, and a hospital waiting room.
Characters: Oriana Donati, Giulio Cassini, Charles, Kitty Brock, Pepo, Felicia Donati, Madame Agatzana, Professor Bristias
Listen for: The mirror in the property room and Pepo's warning about its secret.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.