The cartoon starts with the opening of a theater and Mickey Mouse sweeping and using the broom as an instrument and a dance partner.

The "Asbestos" stage curtains hits Mickey, causing the stars to fill in and towards the screen, and ends the film.

Mickey Mouse began interacting within his space in his cartoon world to create a more realistic feel.

[7] Walt Disney himself reinforces this idea: "...Our characters were beginning to act & behave like real persons.

The accompanying musical pieces include "Yankee Doodle", Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in C-sharp Minor (Op.

3/2)", Georges Bizet's Carmen, the Klezmer tune "Chusen Kala Mazel Tov", and "Goodnight, Ladies".

2" by Franz Liszt in a cartoon,[2] and its use heavily influenced later cartoons including the Merrie Melodies short Rhapsody in Rivets (1941), Bugs Bunny's Rhapsody Rabbit (1946), Tom and Jerry's The Cat Concerto (1947) and Woody Woodpecker's Convict Concerto.

[1] Reportedly, one reason for adding the white gloves was to allow audiences to distinguish the characters' hands when they appeared against their bodies, as both were tinted black.

At intermission time, theater staff would lower and raise the "asbestos curtain" to assure the audience they were safe and protected in case of a fire.

[citation needed] Variety (April 10, 1929): "Another of the Mickey Mouse series captioned "The Opery House", [sic] from Walt Disney's cartoonistic shop.

Some funny stuff here, especially the piano number which has the instrument given the real planner synchronization, surprising in comparison with former silent strips.

The Op'ry House demonstrates this fact in view of the amusing kinks injected into the animation and the funny situations thereby created.

"[10] The short was released on December 7, 2004 on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume Two: 1929-1935.