Interviews with fifty-six great operatic divas of the twentieth century illuminate their lives, their art, and the world of modern opera.

Overzicht van leven en werk van gevierde operazangeressen uit de laatste driehonderd jaar.

Female characters assumed increasing prominence in the narratives of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century opera. And for contemporary audiences, many of thes

From the author of the hypnotic and alluring ("Historical Novels Review") novel "The Spiritualist" comes another addictively readable historical novel with a tw

An examination of the female opera singer during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.