Opera Anecdotes (Oxford Paperbacks)
"A charming romp through opera legends, some fact, some fiction, all delightfully assembled and sparklingly presented.  An opera lovers' handbook that should always be near at hand."--Schuyler G. Chapin"[An] entertaining anthology of opera fact and fiction....The author obviously relishes his task and has chosen the material well."--Library Journal"Entertaining and frequently insightful....A very fine book; it is well worth reading."--Best Sellers"Mordden, who knows his way around backstage...has gleefully amassed hundreds of such anecdotes, exchanges and choice bits of opera lore."--Time"Mordden...has collected some of the most famous anecdotes--fact and fiction--to keep the conversation at many a music-lover's table humming."--Daily Press, Newport News, VA"A thoroughly charming and light-hearted panorama of fact and fiction."--The Evening Gazette, Worcester, MA"Mordden is one of the more entertaining--at times outrageous--popular writers on opera....He writes with authority and conviction....Highly entertaining."--Opera Journal"Romping good fun."--Buffalo News"A rare and delightful tour through the world of opera, led by a writer who has a firm grasp of his subject and tells his tales with alternate wit and poignancy....A wealth of information, as well as some lore about virtually every phase of opera life and production."--Charleston Evening Post"An entertaining collection for the opera lover or for the after-dinner speaker to mine for amusing stories."--Antiquarian Bookman