@article{437418,
      recid = {437418},
      author = {Kessler, Daniel,},
      title = {Sarah Caldwell the first woman of opera / [electronic  resource] :},
      publisher = {Scarecrow Press,},
      address = {Lanham, Md. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (vii, 315 p.) :},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera is the first  biography of this significant musician, conductor, and  director and documents Ms. Caldwell's genius as an  indomitable force for opera in America. Caldwell mounted  many U.S. premieres and broughtrare editions of standard  works to her audiences. At the height of her career, she  raised her baton over four of the top five orchestras,  including the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony  Orchestra, and conducted orchestras in such cities as  Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Antonio, Atlanta, Mexico City,  and Puerto Rico. She conducted ensembles in Canada, Sweden,  South Africa, and Russia; was a musical director for Wolf  Trap; and was the first woman to conduct at the  Metropolitan Opera. She founded the renowned Opera Company  of Boston, as well as the outreach effort Opera New England  and a nation-wide touring enterprise, the American National  Opera Company. Caldwell's undeniable zeal was evident in  whatever she undertook, and her accomplishments invite  reflection, showing what an opera company could and should  be in America. Daniel Kessler presents Ms. Caldwell's life  in flashbacks and explores her 1978 landmark production of  Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale, which serves as a prime  example ofhow she engaged with her creative Muse. He  describes her personal and professional life, including her  experience with the impresario Boris Goldovsky, her ability  to create her own brand of "stage wizardry," and her  moments of overreaching and hubris, ....},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/437418},
}