Confessions of an Opera Singer
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About This Book
Confessions of an Opera Singerby Kathleen Howard is a real life account of the author's experiences as an American opera singer who opted for a career in music over a conventional marriage arrangement expected of women in her generation during the turn of the 20th century.Published in 1918, this title is narrated in first person, with the author putting forward this book as a "human document" in which she reveals her trials and tribulations in her pursuit of success in the world of music, as well as a closer look at the life of an opera singer behind the stage curtains. Her objective in sharin...
Chapters (50)(click to expand)
- 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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