tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post3343148148119771878..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Dress Down Sunday: Prima Donnas by Rupert ChristiansenClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-84727251305763627082013-01-21T12:32:27.341+00:002013-01-21T12:32:27.341+00:00Moira - Thanks for this! I have to confess that al...Moira - Thanks for this! I have to confess that although I truly respect opera (there's some I adore), I'm not knowledgeable about it. I must look through this because it sounds like a fantastic way to learn more about it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-74494249725616784172013-01-20T19:27:44.873+00:002013-01-20T19:27:44.873+00:00Thanks - what a great story. The book - which I do...Thanks - what a great story. The book - which I do recommend - says the affair with Toscanini was pretty much disastrous for both of them...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-11024287227300750362013-01-20T17:55:57.717+00:002013-01-20T17:55:57.717+00:00Thanks for this great post. I must hunt out the bo...Thanks for this great post. I must hunt out the book.<br /><br />In another life I worked at the Metropolitan Opera (doing nothing glamorous or high-paying, mind you) and there was a story my colleagues used to tell about Toscannini and Farrar who had more than a friendship for many years.<br /><br />One day Geraldine Farrar came in late for rehearsal and Toscannini had a fit.<br /><br />"But Arturo—" she began.<br /><br />To which he replied, "Not Arturo! Arturo in bed, Maestro in rehearsal!"Susan Russo Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08018163056646911698noreply@blogger.com