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Great Operatic Disasters
To its devotees, opera is the most sublime of arts. It is also one of the most accident prone, and when things go wrong, they tend to do so on a grand scale. Great Operatic Disasters records some of the most memorable calamities from opera houses around the world. Most of them are true, some have been embroidered over the years, and a few, well, se non e vero, e ben t
...morePaperback, 108 pages
Published
October 15th 1985
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published January 1st 1979)
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Simply written; not researched (since many of the events happened prior to modern -day technology) rather related in oral-like tradition. Nonetheless an interesting, very easy read. Very easily digested in several five-minute sit-downs.
Not sure if this is still in print, but was one of my greatest guilty pleasures. Still laughing about the missed swan boat and the revenge against the diva via trampoline! Sorry I ever lent it out!
MGP
MGP
I read this as research for my novel, My Phantom: The Memoir of Christine Daaé. A bit of light reading that I found useful.
Hilarious. I laughed until I actually had to wipe my eyes.
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