The Metropolitan Opera Murders (Library of Congress Crime Classics)

Helen Traubel

ISBN 10: 1464215901 / ISBN 13: 9781464215902

Published by Poisoned Pen Press February 2022, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Metropolitan Opera Murders (Library of Congress Crime Classics)
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press February 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1464215901
• ISBN 13: 9781464215902
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used - Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

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Synopsis

When the prompter falls dead during the second act of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre during a matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera, as one can imagine, it causes quite a stir, especially when it is discovered that the deceased, a one time world famous Heldentenor has been poisoned. The detective assigned to the case, Lt. Quentin, finds himself immersed in the back stage drama of professional opera. His task is made more difficult when he decides that it had really been the star soprano who had been the intended victim, and not the prompter. Will he be able to solve the case before there is another Metropolitan Opera Murder?

About the Author

HELEN FRANCESCA TRAUBEL (June 16, 1899-July 28, 1972) was an American born soprano best known for singing Wagnerian roles such as Isolde and Brünnehilde. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1937 to 1953. After her career in opera she also performed in musicals and films. She wrote two mysteries: The Ptomaine Canary, a novella that appeared in serial form, and The Metropolitan Opera Murders.