Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Foreword. Prelude. PART I: THE BEAST WITH EIGHTY -EIGHT TEETH. Chapter 1: Music Torture. Chapter 2: The Little Emperor of Destruction. Chapter 3: Mama Nature Sings. Chapter 4: So Long, Beijing. Chapter 5: Embracing the Beast. Chapter 6: What Was I Thinking? Chapter 7: Yellow Hair Blues. Chapter 8: My Mother and the White Boned Demon. Chapter 9: A Card Game. Chapter 10: Son of a Gun. Interlude. PART II: BIG OLD YANKEE. Chapter 11: John Peking. Chapter 12: Facing the Music. Chapter 13: Love Conquers All. Chapter 14: Hao Giovanni. Chapter 15: A Night at the Opera. Chapter 16: The Devil in China. Interlude. PART III: FISHING. Chapter 17: Millenium. Chapter 18: Where You Come From. Index.

About the Author

Hao Jiang Tian is the first Chinese-born opera singer to achieve a lasting success on world stages. A bass with a voice that is unusually sweet and versatile, he has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera every season since he debuted there in 1991. He performs the major bass roles at the great opera houses around the globe. Recently he and his wife, Martha Liao, have begun to foster new Chinese opera and talent for the world to hear. Now an American citizen, Tian has homes in New York City, Denver (where he used to sing at a piano bar), and Beijing. Lois B. Morris and her husband, Robert Lipsyte, have written for the New York Times about classical music and opera. Separately, Morris writes about mental health and psychology, including a long running column in Allure. She has written or co-written eight books. Lipsyte is a New York Times contributor, former sports and city columnist, and television commentator. He has written seventeen books.

Reviews

"Tian's autobiography reveals a born storyteller." Opera September 2008