• List of Illustrations • Foreword - Brigit Nilsson • Preface • Prologue • THE EARLY YEARS: 1926-1956 • Prince Albert • Footloose • Beginnings at the Conservatory • A Tenor in Toronto • THE CAREER BEGINS: 1957-1959 • Covent Garden and Battling the BBC • A Don Carlos Triumph and Bayreuth Debut
• New Roles, New Houses • ASCENDANCY: THE 1960s • The Met • The Solti Debacle • Lonely Hotels • Peter Grimes
• A Prophet in His Own Country
• GAINING THE HEIGHTS: THE 1970s • A Unique Tenor Repertoire and a Tristan Debut • A Moor Does Battle, Énée and Tristan at the Met • A Man and His Music • The Tannhauser Scandal • From Moose Jaw to Monteverdi • WINDING DOWN: THE 1980s • A Winter's Journey • Final Grimes, Otello in South Africa • Parsifal and Farewell to the Met • Canadian Coda and a Worldview
• Epilogue • Performance History • Opera Roles and First Performances • Selected Discography and Videography • Notes
• Selected Bibliography • Acknowledgments • Index