| Description |
xx, 363 pages : illustration ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: Hab mir's gelobt. |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography (pages 350-352) and index. |
| Contents |
Prelude: From the Subway to the Stage -- Family Business -- A Gleam in His Eye -- A Crib Full of Violets -- A Nation Reborn -- From Strength to Strength -- New Worlds to Conquer -- Amonasro's Arrogance -- Basics -- A Meaningful Encounter -- Story behind the Story -- Good for a Laugh -- Early Career -- Walhalla on the Hudson -- Alliances -- Dependent and Independent Women -- Father of Twentieth-Century Opera -- Perils and Problems -- Shoulda Gotta Horse -- Going International -- Seeds of Slander -- Art Is What Matters Here -- Commuting across the Atlantic -- Branching Out -- "Allein? Nein!" -- High Plateau -- Keeping the Drama Alive -- Where, Oh Where Has My Winter Coat Gone? -- Three Brunnhildes, No Waiting -- Mending the Rift -- Spice of Life -- Crossing the Rubicon -- Second Career -- There Is a Season -- Out of the Dust -- Loved Her ... Hated Her! -- You Can Go Home Again -- A Tray Full of Tradition -- Life among the Electrons -- Off My Beaten Track -- Medals and Cameos -- Silencing the Heavy Artillery -- Looking Ahead -- Nursing the Tsar -- Growing Pains -- On the Home Front -- Why? -- Some Practical Precepts in Parting. |
| Subject |
Varnay, Astrid.
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Varnay, Astrid. |
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Sopranos (Singers) -- Biography.
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Sopranos (Singers) |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Title |
Hab mir's gelobt. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00073356
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55 years in 5 acts |
| ISBN |
1555534554 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781555534554 cloth alkaline paper |
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