APPLAUSE AND CURTAIN CALLS

There is some confusion about the world records for the most curtain calls and the longest applause. According to the Guinness Book of World Records:

Most curtain calls:
165 for Luciano Pavarotti
In Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore
Deutsche Oper Berlin
February 24, 1988 ------- applauded for 1 hour 7 minutes

Longest applause:
1 hour 20 minutes for Placido Domingo
In Verdi's Otello
Wiener Staatsoper Vienna
June 30, 1991------- 101 curtain calls