Title: Disappointing book by and about a great artist
Product review: I wish I could be enthusiastic about this book. Nicolai Gedda is truly one of the greatest singers of the century. But in this memoir he comes off as petulant and unpleasant. He spends too much time dwelling on past trangressions, inconveniences and problems and not enough on his career and the music. I welcome his honesty about his family background, but am disturbed at the way his parents are portrayed.Unfortunately the book is not redeemed by either the writing style nor the fragmented nature of the narrative.Better than some recent singer biographies (Sutherland et. al.) but still disappointing. This is a side of Gedda I wish I didn't know.
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