Sing for Your Supper! by Ian Bloomfield

 Ian Bloomfield danced with Beryl Bainbridge, got threatened by the local gangster if he didn’t stop singing, and had his bald cap come off his head in the middle of the extravagant Grand March from Aida! He also sang for the Crown Prince of Thailand while His Highness worked out! This was a joy to read from his time in the chorus to his many adventures when he formed his own opera companies. I especially liked reading about his time in Soviet Russia, and his whirlwind romance woth his much younger wife.

It wasn’t all fun and adventure, though. He also sang at hospitals, including during heart surgery! Some of his experiences from those days make harrowing reading.

This was a very enjoyable book full of amusing anecdotes and interesting adventures.