An anthology of backstage stories give a revealing insider's view of the lives of opera's greatest stars and the glorious pageantry they create on stage[...]
For the first time, Ethan Mordden chronicles the romance of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya in "Love Song", a dual biography that unfolds against the background of the tumultous twentieth century, scored to music from Weil's greatest triumphs: "Knickerbocker Holiday", "Lost in the Stars", "Lady in the Da[...]