Silence! Singers at Work is a slim volume of humorous drawings about the life of the singer; choral, solo or opera.  It’s by graphic artist turned singer Emmanuelle Ayrton and contains about 50 colour drawings and an intro by Joyce DiDonato.  It’s published by Edition Peters Group but North American distribution seems a bit patchy.  Googling suggests that one could pick up a copy for $10-$15.  I got some chuckles out of it and it might make a good stocking stuffer for those of you unfortunate enough to have a singer in your lives.

Here’s a sample: