New York Season Stage Rehearsals and Combined Staging Rehearsals. (i) A three and one-half (3-1/2) hour Stage Rehearsal or Combined Staging Rehearsal during the New York Season may consist of two segments, one of a maximum of ninety (90) minutes and the other of a maximum of eighty (80) minutes with a rest period of forty (40) minutes between the two segments which may occur in either order. When the first segment of such rehearsal extends longer than eighty (80) minutes, such segment shall be considered the ninety (90) minute segment and the second segment shall be a maximum of eighty (80) minutes in duration. In the case of a Stage Rehearsal with Orchestra of longer than three and one-half (3-1/2) hours, upon advance notice to the Chorus prior to or during the rehearsal, following the first break of thirty (30) minutes which may take place no later than ninety (90) minutes after the start of the rehearsal (except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (b)(ii) below), the breaks may be scheduled to coincide with the breaks required by the Orchestra under the collective bargaining agreement between the Met and Local 802 of the A.F. of M. in effect at the time, provided that the total amount of rest period required in the rehearsal by this AGREEMENT, i.e., no less than five (5) minutes for each half-hour of rehearsal call, is not reduced and that no break is less than fifteen
