Ethan Mordden

Book Review: A Treasury of Tall Tales That Make Opera Fun

Author Ethan Mordden serves up plenty of entertaining yarns, sometimes as exaggerated as the genre to which they pay homage.

Ethan Mordden’s exhaustive take on Barbra Streisand may not be what diehard fans are looking for.

Ethan Mordden’s volume openly defies anyone to dismiss the American musical as mere fluff.

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