Tapestries: Connections From an Artistic Life

Experience the rich history of opera like never before! Through fifty personal essays, maestro Patrick Summers weaves a tapestry showcasing opera's many threads and colors across the centuries into today.
With a devoted operatic career, maestro Summers understands not only backstage logistics and onstage glory but the myriad connections in between. Through his collection of essays, readers will learn how the different arts within an opera weave together to comprise the whole—much like thread...