Confessions of An Opera Singer

by Kathleen Howard

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Author: Howard, Kathleen, 1884-1956
Title: Confessions of an Opera Singer
Credits: Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material at The Internet Archive.)
Language: English
LoC Class: ML: Music: Literature of music
Subject: Howard, Kathleen, 1884-1956
Category: Text
eBook-No.: 32980
Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32980
Release Date: June 26, 2010
Copyright: Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1.FOREWORD — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — CHAPTER I — THE WAY IT ALL HAPPENED — CHAPTER II — A STRUGGLE AND A SOLUTION — CHAPTER III — PARIS AT LAST — CHAPTER IV — PENSION PERSONALITIES — CHAPTER V — OPERATIC FRANCE VERSUS OPERATIC GERMANY — CHAPTER VI — PREPARING RÔLES IN BERLIN — CHAPTER VII — MY FIRST OPERATIC CONTRACT SIGNED — CHAPTER VIII — MY ONE LONE IMPROPOSITION — CHAPTER IX — THE MAKINGS OF A SMALL MUNICIPAL OPERA HOUSE — CHAPTER X — MY DÉBUT AND BREAKING INTO HARNESS — CHAPTER XI — SOME STAGE DELIGHTS — CHAPTER XII — MISPLACED MOISTURE AND THE STORY OF A COURT-LADY — CHAPTER XIII — HUMAN PASSIONS AND SMALLPOX — CHAPTER XIV — DISCOURAGEMENTS THAT LEAD TO A COURT THEATRE — CHAPTER XV — SALARIES AND A TENOR'S GENIUS — CHAPTER XVI — THE ART OF MARIE MUELLE — CHAPTER XVII — THE NON-MILITARY SIDE OF A GERMAN OFFICER'S LIFE — CHAPTER XVIII — GEESE AND GUESTS — CHAPTER XIX — RUSSIANS, COMMON AND PREFERRED — CHAPTER XX — THE GRANDMOTHERS' BALLET — CHAPTER XXI — STAGE FASHIONS AND THE GLORY OF COLOUR — CHAPTER XXII — ROYAL HUMOUR — CHAPTER XXIII — COVENT GARDEN AND—AMERICA — REPERTOIRE

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