THE MEMOIRS OF AN OPERA BUG

By Beaumont Glass This autobiographical argosy of his own fascinating life is quite a different approach from his highly acclaimed German Lieder translations and IPA transliterations of the complete song texts of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss. Drawing from his more than 50 years as a professional opera coach and stage director (including 19 years with the Zurich Opera and 18 years as Director of Opera Theater at The University of Iowa), Professor Glass shares many vignettes from his personal and professional experiences that will certainly prove interesting, enlightening, amusing and, perhaps, daunting, for the student and professional singer, vocal coach/accompanist, conductor, opera producer, stage director, and particularly, the opera-lover. Although now retired from the University of Iowa, Professor Glass, at age 80, continues to direct professional opera productions, lecture at various universities, and, with his wife, Evangeline Noël, team teach opera