The Case Of The Disappearing Diva

Soprano Sumi Jo’s reviews in Opera Australia’s “Lucia” were good. She seemed happy, according to her New York agent. So why did she suddenly bolt from Australia before her final performance, without even telling the opera company’s management? “The hotel staff told us about a change in her reservation; that’s the first we heard of it. She didn’t let us or her personal management know, but we gather she left for Rome on doctor’s orders.”