Oxford University Press

Wink's reading is broadly sympathetic and provides a compelling mixture of confidence and insecurity that was such a puzzling feature of Callas's personality. This is a gripping read - an engagingly... — BBC Music Magazine More…

This carefully researched, well-documented book will be most useful to scholars...Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through researchers; professionals — Choice More…

The book is most engaging in reconstructing the creation of shows, with offstage difficulties set in counterpoint to onstage creativity. Summing up: Recommended — Choice More…

There is no doubt this will be the authoritative text on David Tudor than any future publication on the subject will be held up against. It performs a great service in humanising his legacy,... — The Wire More…

this is a fascinating book, supplemented by an invaluable online discography — BBC Music Magazine More…

a book that will appeal to the aficionado as well as the proletariat, a highly readable documentation that balances the composer's achievements against the cultural institutions of the Belle... — Musical Opinion More…

A book such as this has been needed for quite a while...Very strongly recommended: it is a masterly study — Musical Opinion More…