Title: Sloppy research. The Met deserved better.
Product review: I know a lot about the history of the Met, and any journalist with access to a library card could have checked name spellings, debut and farewell dates and roles sung at the Met. The innacuracies in this book exceed my ability to list them all! The author has Joan Sutherland retiring in 1984 (it was 1989). They have her cancelling a production of SEMIRAMIDE, which in fact was taken away from her when she cancelled ABDUCTION, giving them over a year's notice. They list singers singing roles they never gave at the Met. The date inaccuracies are legion. If you want half warmed-over gossip with no relation to actual reality, this is the book for you.
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