The Metropolitan Opera Murders

"This edition ... is based on the first edition in the Library of Congress's collection, originally published in 1951 by Simon and Schuster"--Copyright page.

About the author

HELEN FRANCESCA TRAUBEL (June 16, 1899-July 28, 1972) was an American born soprano best known for singing Wagnerian roles such as Isolde and Brünnehilde. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1937 to 1953. After her career in opera she also performed in musicals and films. She wrote two mysteries: The Ptomaine Canary, a novella that appeared in serial form, and The Metropolitan Opera Murders.

Summary

When the prompter falls dead during the second act of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre during a matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera, as one can imagine, it causes quite a stir, especially when it is discovered that the deceased, a one time world famous Heldentenor has been poisoned. The detective assigned to the case, Lt. Quentin, finds himself immersed in the back stage drama of professional opera. His task is made more difficult when he decides that it had really been the star soprano who had been the intended victim, and not the prompter. Will he be able to solve the case before there is another Metropolitan Opera Murder?

Product details

• Authors: Helen Traubel, Traubel Helen
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781464215902
• ISBN: 978-1-4642-1590-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Library of Congress Crime Clas; Library of Congress Crime Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction