Extraordinary Operatic Adventures of Blanche Arral: By Blanche Arral ; Translated by Ira Glackens ; William R. Moran, Editor - Couverture rigide

Arral, Blanche

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1574670778 ISBN 13 : 9781574670776

Editeur : Amadeus Press, 2002

Synopsis

Born in Belgium as Clara Lardinois, the youngest of 17 children, Blanche Arral, was destined for a life wilder than fiction. During her travels, Arral befriended such legendary figures as Sarah Bernhardt, Mata Hari, Harry Houdini, Victor Hugo, Franz Liszt, Camille Saint-Saëns and Jack London, who based a character on her in his book Smoke Bellew. In Russia she met Rasputin, and in Turkey, the sultan Abdülhamid II. She describes her recording sessions with Thomas Edison and her run-ins with the difficult Nellie Melba.

Writer and opera fan Ira Glackens discovered her living in a small New Jersey apartment and persuaded her to record her extraordinary stories. More than 60 years later, editor William R. Moran has confirmed the veracity of Arrals account and annotated this extraordinary memoir.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Amadeus Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1574670778
• ISBN 13: 9781574670776
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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