TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vickers,Hugh
AU  - Ustinov,Peter
TI  - Great operatic disasters
SN  - 0312346336 
AV  - ML1700 .V5 
U1  - 782.1 20
PY  - 1979///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - Opera
KW  - Music
KW  - Anecdotes
N1  - Includes index; Introduction by Peter Ustinov --; Preface --; Technical Hitches and Practical Jokes --; Animals --; The Audience --; Wagnerian Events --; Acts of God --; 'Hair-breadth Scapes' --; Index
N2  - "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
ER  -