Table of Contents

Introduction

It Ain't Over Till the Fat Lady Sings
Singers
Tales Of the Metropolitan
Composers
Operas
Conductors
Tales of La Scala
The Fat Lady Sings

About the Author

Ethan Mordden is a recognized expert on American musical theatre and the author of On Streisand, When Broadway Went to Hollywood, Anything Goes: A History of American Musical Theatre, Make Believe: The Broadway Musical in the 1920s, Beautiful Mornin: The Broadway Musical in the 1940s, Coming Up Roses: The Broadway Musical in the 1950s, and On Sondheim: An Opinionated Guide, all
published by Oxford University Press. His writing has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. His numerous books include friendly introductions to opera and film, as well as five collections of short stories chronicling gay life in New York City.
He lives in Manhattan.