Tells the story of this beautiful soprano who has been deemed one of the greatest singers of the last century through a review of her career on the opera stage

"The portrait of an ambitious singer who put her career ahead of everything, including politics." -- Library Journal

Is music removed from politics? To what ends, beneficent or malevolent, can music and musicians be put? In short, when human rights are grossly abused and polit

A history of a golden age of recording and a lively memoir of the brilliant man who influenced it more than any other single person.