Vickers, Hugh <br/><br/>
Great operatic disasters / 
Hugh Vickers ; illustrated by Michael Ffolkes ; with an introd. by Peter Ustinov. 
 - New York :  St. Martin's Press,  ©1979. 
 - 80 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction by Peter Ustinov --  Preface --  Technical Hitches and Practical Jokes --  Animals --  The Audience --  Wagnerian Events --  Acts of God --  'Hair-breadth Scapes' --  Index. 
<br/><br/> "Opera is at once the grandest and, tp its devotees, the most incomparable of arts. It is also one of the most accident-prone, and when things go wrong they tend to go wrong on a grand scale. Here in this affectionate anthology is a catalogue of some of the most memorable and hilarious of disasters from opera houses all over the world." -- Inside book cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0312346336  
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>79005374  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Opera.<br/>Music--Anecdotes.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML1700  / .V5  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>782.1  / VIC