Timing is Everything: A Life Backstage at the Opera by Moffatt Oxenbould

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are still very good.

Timing is Everything is a compelling behind-the-scenes view of our national opera company and an unusual glimpse into the alchemy that transforms words, music, acting, staging and passion into this most mysterious of art forms. But in the end, it is the story of a man who believes he was often in the right place at the right time and so found himself, without really planning to be in a job he loved, among true believers in the passion and power of opera in Australia.

Moffatt Oxenbould spent most of his career with the Australian Opera and saw the birth of the national company, the construction of and move to the Sydney Opera House, the merger with the Victorian State Opera - each triumph and every low point, with all the outstanding productions in between. Oxenbould vividly recalls stories with great humour.