Tag: 01.04.00

John Richardson, ex-Christie’s man and best known for his biography of Picasso, can claim friendship with some of the century’s foremost artists – Picasso, Braque, Fernand Leger, Francis Bacon, Warhol, Freud, Ellsworth Kelly – and a considerable portion of the bold-face population of Page Six of the New York Post. – Boston Globe

He stabbed Christa Ludwig, slugged Roberta Knie and flung Carol Vaness across the stage. Jon Vickers was a great tenor, but truly “one of the most obnoxious characters in the annals of 20th-century opera” claims a new biography. – National Post (Canada)