Marta Eggertha s stories and songs

... interviews. Often one meets the subject in a public place: a hotel room, a restaurant. I was invited to her home in Rye, N.Y., for lunch. Marta, who died Dec. 26 at the age of 101, was something of a cult figure among New York's opera aficionados. ...

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