“… we loved the mistakes because they seemed autobiographical, because without meditation or guile they wrote a naked heart’s wound. And if her notes had a tendency to wobble, to grow harsh, then this possibility of failure gave her fans a function. The infallible performance does not require an audience.”—Wayne Koestenbaum
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Nada,
Have you read The Queen's Throat? This chapter esp., "The Callas Cult," you'd love if you haven't. But the whole thing's great.
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