52 Memories

The author and her three brothers, left orphans at an early age, were raised together by guardians.

Leman acted throughout post Gold Rush California and gave much detail on actors and on the theater of the time.

Scripts, interviews, photos, and critical commentary documenting the riotous beginnings of this long-lived experimental theater space for women

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.

In these vivid and anecdotal memoirs, Giulio Gatti-Casazza, one of the twentieth century's most successful impresarios, tells of his long reign in two of the world's most famous opera houses: a decade at La Scala in Milan, followed by twenty-seven years at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. With an inimitable tone, Gatti relates an astonishing wealth of history, including an impressive cast of personal friends numbering Verdi, Puccini, Debussy and many more.Gatti's memoirs are totally unimpeded either by time or by their sheer content, recollecting in extraordinary detail his earliest musical experiences that led to a lifelong inspiration. Most remarkable is Gatti's never-failing self-awareness, always appreciative of his role in cultural history, but never boastful of his talents. He commits his memories of opera's golden age to paper, he says, only for posterity - and they serve posterity well.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.