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- catalog abstract ""The memoir of opera singer Blanche Arral is the international adventure tale of a lifetime, complete with intrepid heroine whom readers will love for her exuberant temperament and irresistible charm. Born in Belgium as Clara Lardinois, the youngest of seventeen children, Arral was destined for a life wilder than fiction. She began her career at the Opera-Comique in Paris, where Massenet added a small part to Manon for her, but her love for adventure soon led her to perform around the world. During her travels Arral became acquainted with such legendary figures of her time as Sarah Bernhardt, Mata Hari, Franz Liszt, Victor Hugo, Harry Houdini, 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 - just before narrowly escaping a harem. She describes her recording sessions with Thomas Edison and her run-ins with the difficult Nellie Melba. Wherever Blanche Arral went, excitement and intrigue followed."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Bravura passage. English".
- catalog contributor b12651659.
- catalog contributor b12651660.
- catalog contributor b12651661.
- catalog contributor b12651662.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""The memoir of opera singer Blanche Arral is the international adventure tale of a lifetime, complete with intrepid heroine whom readers will love for her exuberant temperament and irresistible charm. Born in Belgium as Clara Lardinois, the youngest of seventeen children, Arral was destined for a life wilder than fiction. She began her career at the Opera-Comique in Paris, where Massenet added a small part to Manon for her, but her love for adventure soon led her to perform around the world. During her travels Arral became acquainted with such legendary figures of her time as Sarah Bernhardt, Mata Hari, Franz Liszt, Victor Hugo, Harry Houdini, Camille Saint-Saens, and Jack London, who based a character on her in his book Smoke Bellew.".
- catalog description "In Russia she met Rasputin, and in Turkey, the sultan Abdulhamid II - just before narrowly escaping a harem. She describes her recording sessions with Thomas Edison and her run-ins with the difficult Nellie Melba. Wherever Blanche Arral went, excitement and intrigue followed."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references, discography (p. 337-347), and index.".
- catalog description "Reminiscences of Madame Blanche Arral: An Introduction -- The Extraordinary Operatic Adventures of Blanche Arral -- Blanche Arral and Jack London -- Blanche Arral and the Phonograph.".
- catalog extent "352 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Extraordinary operatic adventures of Blanche Arral.".
- catalog identifier "1574670778".
- catalog isFormatOf "Extraordinary operatic adventures of Blanche Arral.".
- catalog isPartOf "Opera biography series ; no. 15".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press,".
- catalog relation "Extraordinary operatic adventures of Blanche Arral.".
- catalog subject "782.1/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Arral, Blanche, 1864-1945.".
- catalog subject "ML420.A82 A3 2002".
- catalog subject "Sopranos (Singers) Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Reminiscences of Madame Blanche Arral: An Introduction -- The Extraordinary Operatic Adventures of Blanche Arral -- Blanche Arral and Jack London -- Blanche Arral and the Phonograph.".
- catalog title "Bravura passage. English".
- catalog title "The extraordinary operatic adventures of Blanche Arral / by Blanche Arral ; translated by Ira Glackens ; William R. Moran, editor.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".