The Extraordinary Operatic Adventures of Blanche Arral (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)

(Amadeus). Born in Belgium as Clara Lardinois, the youngest of 17 children, Blanche Arral was destined for a life wilder than fiction. During her travels, Arral befriended such legendary figures as Sarah Bernhardt, Mata Hari, Harry Houdini, Victor Hugo, Franz Liszt, Camille Saint-Saens and Jack London, who based a character on her in his book Smoke Bellew . In Russia she met Rasputin, and in Turkey, the sultan Abdulhamid II. She describes her recording sessions with Thomas Edison and her run-ins with the difficult Nellie Melba. Writer and opera fan Ira Glackens discovered her living in a small New Jersey apartment and persuaded her to record her extraordinary stories. More than 60 years later, editor William R. Moran has confirmed the veracity of Arral's account and annotated this extraordinary memoir.

General

Imprint:	Amadeus Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Amadeus
Release date:	September 2002
First published:	March 2003
Authors:	Blanche Arral
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	352
Edition:	Annotated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-57467-077-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
LSN:	1-57467-077-8
Barcode:	9781574670776

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