Some Folk Think the South Pole's Hot: The Three Tenors Play the Antarctic

Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti mix with penguins in Some Folk Think the South Pole's Hot: The Three Tenors Play the Antarctic by Elke Heidenreich, illus. by Quint Buchholz, trans. by Aubrey M. Woolman, when the trio heads south to perform La Traviata. The rhyming text may be forced a bit, but fans of the formal-looking birds or of Verdi's opera will want to get a gander at Buchholz's detailed paintings. Not to be missed: the scene of Alfredo (played by Carreras) carting off a fading (but by no means frail) Violetta (played by Pavarotti). ( June)