the first music rehearsal involving both singers and orchestra, usually held in the theatre, where the orchestra plays from the pit and the principals and chorus are seated on stage ( Probe is German for rehearsal - a sitting rehearsal).

The first rehearsal between Opera singers and the orchestra. No attempt is made to act or move the production at this rehearsal.

(ZITS-proh-bah) — German for 'seated rehearsal', it is the first rehearsal of the singers with the orchestra, with the former seated, and no acting.