Mad scenes and exit arias : the death of the New York City Opera and the future of opera in America
by Waleson, Heidi (Author)
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Summary
From the Wall Street Journal's opera critic, a wide-ranging narrative history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankrupt--and what it means for the future of the arts.-- Full description
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The birth of the "people's opera"
- The Rudel years
- Beverly Sills takes over
- The inside choice: Christopher Keene
- The man from upstate: Paul Kellogg
- A turn for the worse
- The savior
- Salvation denied
- The man of steel
- Down the drain
- The aftermath
- Reinvention
- Coda: The resurrection.