Published by Ams Pr Inc, 1937
ISBN 10: 0404003060 ISBN 13: 9780404003067
Seller: ZBK Books, Carlstadt, NJ, U.S.A.
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Published by Ams Pr Inc, 1937
ISBN 10: 0404003060 ISBN 13: 9780404003067
Seller: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. FRANCES ALDA, MEN WOMEN and TENORS with illustrations HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON COPYRIGHT, 1937, BY FRANCES ALDA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE THIS BOOK OR PARTS THEREOF IN ANY FORM CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTS PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. TO THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER CONTENTS PART I A DJBUT AND A DASH OF COLD WATER 1 PART II I WANT TO SING 17 PART III LIVING ADVENTUROUSLY 53 PART IV METROPOLITAN MERRY-GO-ROUND 107 PARTY TRIALS OF A DIRECTOR AND A DIRECTORS WIFE 149 PART VI A PRBIA DONNA ON WHEELS 211 PART VII CASA MIA 267 ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT OP MADAME ALDA, METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, 1926 Frontispiece I ALWAYS LOVED CARUSO S BOYISHNESS 10 WHERE ARE THE OPERATIC PERSONALITIES TODAY THERE is BUT ONE. KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD 20 I WAS CHRISTENED FRANCES JEANNE DAVIES 34 MY MOTHER, YOUNG AND GENTLE 34 GRANDMOTHER, EXQUISITE ARISTOCRAT 34 MATHILDE MARCHESI WHAT A CZARINA SHE WAS 34 I HAVE ALWAYS SPENT MUCH TIME, THOUGHT, AND EFFORT ON HAVING GOWNS BEAUTIFUL AND BECOMING 56 TOSCANINI ALIVE, VIBRANT, ELECTRIC 78 GATTI-CASAZZA so DARK, BROODING, INTROVERTED I so GAY, ADVEN TURE-LOVING, ENTHUSIASTIC 102 CARUSO CARICATURE OF GATTI-CASAZZA 126 THE MOST TOUCHING OF DESDEMONAS 144 MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, SITTING SILENT AND SLUMPED IN HER CHAIR WITH AN AIR OF BROODING UNFATHOMABLE THINGS 156 SCOTTI, PADEREWSKI, ALDA, AND CARUSO, MAY, 1512 172 SCOTTI, ALDA, CARUSO 196 ELSA MAXWELL AT THE LIDO 196 A FISHING BET WITH CHARLIE CHAPLIN 196 ALDA AND MARY GARDEN 196 PRINCESS IN Marouf 232 MARGUERITE IN Faust 232 Si, MI CHIAMINO MIMI La Boheme 232 WITH MRS. HARRIMAN IN A WAR TABLEAU 232 I STARTED SOMETHING THE LlDO BEACH PAJAMA VOGUE 262 ALDA WITH IRENE CASTLE 262 A FAREWELL TESTIMONIAL FROM THE METROPOLITAN STAGE HANDS 280 SUNDAY NIGHT AT CAS A MIA 296 CASA MIA ON GREAT NECK, LONG ISLAND 296 PART I A DEBUT AND A DASH OF COLD WATER Elk ne savait pas Dans sa candeur naive . . , MIGNON.
Published by Ams Pr Inc, 1937
ISBN 10: 0404003060 ISBN 13: 9780404003067
Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable. book.