A01=Helen Traubel
american
Author_Helen Traubel
Category=FBC
classic
crime
detective fiction
drama
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golden age
historical
metropolitan opera house
murder
mystery
new york city
poisoned
police procedural
traditional mystery
Product details
- ISBN 9781464215902
- Weight: 225g
- Dimensions: 141 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 2022
- Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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When the prompter falls dead during the second act of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre during a matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera, as one can imagine, it causes quite a stir, especially when it is discovered that the deceased, a one time world famous Heldentenor has been poisoned. The detective assigned to the case, Lt. Quentin, finds himself immersed in the back stage drama of professional opera. His task is made more difficult when he decides that it had really been the star soprano who had been the intended victim, and not the prompter. Will he be able to solve the case before there is another Metropolitan Opera Murder?
HELEN FRANCESCA TRAUBEL (June 16, 1899-July 28, 1972) was an American born soprano best known for singing Wagnerian roles such as Isolde and Brünnehilde. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1937 to 1953. After her career in opera she also performed in musicals and films. She wrote two mysteries: The Ptomaine Canary, a novella that appeared in serial form, and The Metropolitan Opera Murders.
