Verdi at the Golden Gate Opera and San Francisco in the Gold Rush Years

"This is a narrative unlike any other, combining the most colorful, passionate, and theatrical of all art forms with the history of the most colorful, passionate, and theatrical of all American cities."--from the foreword by Lotfi Mansouri, General Director, San Francisco Opera "An important contribution to the cultural history of California and of San Francisco, unusual because of the author's rich understanding of Verdi's place in Western culture. Music and cultural historians will find this an exciting book in the field of opera and society."--Burton W. Peretti, author ofThe Creation of Jazz: Music, Race, and Culture in Urban AmericaMartin, George W. is the author of 'Verdi at the Golden Gate Opera and San Francisco in the Gold Rush Years', published 1993 under ISBN 9780520081239 and ISBN 0520081234.