Introduction 1. The Birth of the “People’s Opera” 2. The Rudel Years 3. Beverly Sills Takes Over 4. The Inside Choice: Christopher Keene 5. The Man from Upstate: Paul Kellogg 6. A Turn for the Worse 7. The Savior 8. Salvation Denied 9. The Man of Steel 10. Down the Drain 11. The Aftermath 12. Reinvention Coda: The Resurrection Acknowledgments Sources Index