Throw your hands up if you want to read about "a womanizing, foul-mouthed, and illiterate impresario". *hands shoot up so quick that the Higgs boson spins and the universe collapses and oh no byeeeeee*
Hong Kong based briefcase and former opera singer Philip Eisenbeiss shares the story of a Simon Cowell-esque illusion spun by Milan-born opera impresario Domenico Barbaja in a new biography, Bel Canto Bully, which drops tomorrow. This past weekend Eisenbeiss stopped by BBC Radio 3's Music Matters to chat about Barbaja and the 19th century Italian opera scene with Tom Service.