Notes Below the Staff
Born in Chicago in 1926, the preeminent bass Herbert Beattie has worked with many of the great operatic lights of the 20th and 21st centuries. He has sung in the most celebrated opera houses in the world, as well as school gymnasiums in fishing villages in Alaska. In Notes Below the Staff Beattie gives us an always insightful and often hilarious taste of what it is like to earn one’s living as a travelling opera singer. Not unlike the wandering bards of old, Beattie is a well-spring of amusing tales about both the mighty and the obscure characters he encountered along his path. His book is an open window onto a world both magical and absurd. Enjoy.
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A true singer who can also act, he was often in demand with major opera companies all over the world, and he also had a long career as a music educator at American universities, particularly Hofstra, where one student he directed was none other than Madeline Kahn.
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