Christiana Baumann has accompanied the artist for over a year through the important stations of her progress. it was the author's aim to give a lively impression of the medium of snapshots not artistically composed studies. That she has succeeded in so doing with some masterly photography is a tribute to her skill and capacity for imaginative sympathy.The lover of opera will find in the appendix all essential information as to the development of the singer as well as her repertoire and a complete discography.