Opera Stars in the Sun. Intimate Glimpses of Metropolitan Personalities

Article number 10219648

A mid-20th-century non-fiction work focused on personalities associated with the Metropolitan Opera, presenting biographical sketches and anecdotal portrayals of prominent opera figures active during the period. Written by music historian and journalist Mary Jane Matz, the book offers a popular-cultural perspective on the social and artistic world surrounding American opera in the 1950s, emphasizing personal impressions, careers, public image, and backstage atmosphere rather than technical musical analysis. The volume reflects contemporary interest in celebrated performers and the cultural prestige of opera in postwar New York, while also illustrating the style of arts journalism and celebrity profiling characteristic of the era.

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