The Enchantress of Nations: Pauline Viardot: Soprano, Muse and Lover

by Michael Steen

This is a picturesque but painstakingly researched biography of the life - and the times - of the nineteenth century's Maria Callas. She was among 'the most brilliant dramatic stars of our time', according to Franz Liszt, and billed as 'the most talked of opera singer in Europe'. Dickens - reduced to tears by her singing - regarded her as 'one of the greatest actresses of any time'. Liszt also declared that, with Pauline Viardot, the world had finally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840468432
• ISBN13: 9781840468434
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.4"