Can't Help Singing

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Eileen Farrell is blessed with two voices: a classically-trained dramatic soprano and a pop singer who loves to belt out blues. In her memoir, she shares candid and humorous reminiscences of her extraordinary professional and personal life. Farrell reflects on her New England childhood, her rapid rise to fame at twenty with her CBS radio show, and her breakthrough dubbing vocals for Eleanor Parker in MGM's Interrupted Melody. She recounts her ascent as an opera star, highlighted by her acclaimed performance in Medea in 1955 and her historic debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Alceste in 1960. Farrell also shares insights into her forty-year marriage to New York police officer Robert Reagan and her experiences outside the spotlight, including her challenging tenure at Indiana University. She speaks openly about her tumultuous years at the Met, where confrontations with Sir Rudolph Bing abruptly ended her promising operatic career after five seasons. While she cherished singing Verdi, Mascagni, and Giordano, Farrell preferred the warmth of show business over the opera world's aloofness. Filled with anecdotes about luminaries like Leonard Bernstein, Maria Callas, and Ethel Merman, this engaging memoir offers a captivating glimpse into the worlds of opera and entertainment, celebrating a unique career that delighted her fans.