Journey to Valhalla
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Acknowledgements
Chapters
Prelude
Chapter I: A Motherless Child
Chapter II: A Devil of an Angel
Chapter III: On Call to Sing Ten Hours a Day
Chapter IV: A Tenor with the Lid On
Chapter V: London: Hugh Walpole
Chapter VI: The Making of a Heldentenor
Chapter VII: The Applause of Cosima Wagner
Chapter VIII: Stepping Up, Taking the Risk
Chapter IX: Kleinchen
Chapter X: The Met: The Early Years
Chapter XI: Stepping Back
Chapter XII: The General Takes Command
Chapter XIII: A Family Meets Itself
Chapter XIV: Hitler at Bayreuth
Chapter XV: The Great Depression
Chapter XVI: The German Wing
Chapter XVII: Flagstad Is Discovered
Chapter XVIII: A Certain Star Is Born
Chapter XIX: How To Throttle A Partner
Chapter XX: Winter in New York
Chapter XXI: A Last Chance to Escape
Chapter XXII: Starting Over: II
Chapter XXIII: Choosing Sides
Chapter XXIV: Unforgettable Partners
Chapter XXV: Saving the Met, Season After Season
Chapter XXVI: The Artist as Movie Star
Chapter XXVII: Europes Singers Return to the Met
Chapter XXVIII: A Quisling's Arrest
Chapter XXIX: Tristan in Tails
Chapter XXX: The Early Farewell
Chapter XXXI: Who Is Rudolf Bing?
Chapter XXXII: Starting Over: III
Chapter XXXIII: Turning to a New Career: Vaudeville
Chapter XXXIV: The Biggest Mistake I Ever Made
Chapter XXXV: Singing Siegmund at Seventy
Chapter XXXVI: Isoldes Final Curtain
Chapter XXXVII: The Light is Gone
Chapter XXXVIII: Without Kleinchen
Chapter XXXIX: A New Mrs Melchior
Chapter XXXX: Alone--Again
Chapter XXXXI: Absalom, Absalom!
Chapter XXXXII: Heroes Own Defender
Chapter XXXXIII: Vultures Attack
Chapter XXXXIV: Home to Valhalla
Epilogue
