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Confessions of an Opera Singer

by Kathleen Howard

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  1. 1Dedication — Foreword
  2. 2Chapter I — The Way It All Happened
  3. 3Chapter II — A Struggle and a Solution
  4. 4Chapter III — Paris at Last
  5. 5Chapter IV — Pension Personalities
  6. 6Chapter V — Operatic France Versus Operatic Germany
  7. 7Chapter VI — Preparing Rôles in Berlin
  8. 8Chapter VII — My First Operatic Contract Signed
  9. 9Chapter VIII — My One Lone Improposition
  10. 10Chapter IX — The Makings of a Small Municipal Opera House
  11. 11Chapter X — My Début and Breaking Into Harness
  12. 12Chapter XI — Some Stage Delights
  13. 13Chapter XII — Misplaced Moisture and the Story of a Court-Lady
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Human Passions and Smallpox
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Discouragements That Lead to a Court Theatre
  16. 16Chapter XV — Salaries and a Tenor’s Genius
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Art of Marie Muelle
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Non-Military Side of a German Officer’s Life
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Geese and Guests
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Russians, Common and Preferred
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Grandmothers’ Ballet
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Stage Fashions and the Glory of Colour
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Royal Humour
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Covent Garden And — America
  25. 25Repertoire

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