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This heartfelt memoir about a sons struggle against the looming power of a magnetic Father is conveyed in a moving narrative that one reviewer has called the most dramatic exploration of the private life of a legendary singer in the annals of Opera literature.
The Father and son strike a bargain, the Hard bargain of the title, which permitted both dreams to flicker for a decade until one (the right one, it turns out) bursts into sustaining flame.
Their struggle over Davids futureby turns hilarious and humiliating, wise and lovingis played out in medical and musical venues around the world.
Rejecting his fathers wishes, David wanted to follow his Father onto the Opera stage.
RicHard Tucker, the American superstar tenor from the golden age of the Metropolitan Opera, demanded that his son become a surgeon.
The Hard Bargain describes in vivid detail and elegant prose the clash of wills between a famous Father and his hard-driving middle son
