Scotto, More than A Diva

Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY. 1984. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($16.95); light bumping to head and tail. Red boards with black cloth overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 245 pp 8vo. This is the story of a singer. As a supreme Verdi interpreter, bel canto specialist, and prima donna assoluta of the verismo repertoire, Renata Scotto is one of today's foremost singers. A consummate artist, she debuted at La Scala as a teenager taking 15 curtain calls; replaced Maria Callas in Edinburgh and became an overnight sensation. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.