Understudy

As a stand-in, Cover occupation, or shortly Cover (English for covering ') to be an actor, musical or opera singer called that stand in for sick or prevented persons an existing staging. In general, they are instructed by the assistant director in all the necessary processes and tasks.

There are three different types of Einspringern:

• The standby performer in the theater knows the role and waits for its use.

• In contrast, the cover will shortly obliged to cooperate. This goes especially in classical opera, where many artists have similar training and be able to cover the necessary parts.

• The swing, however, is already from the beginning multiple roles in the performances rehearsed constantly on stage and has ( in English understudy ) to take on other roles as his own in sickness or holiday absences. This is particularly widespread in the musical, where the risk of injury is high and needs to master a representative melody, choreography and text simultaneously.