It was well known that her voice took its hearers to the very pinnacle of euphoric and aesthetic experience.

Her secret concerts—not cheap, and the only kind she could hold—sold out years in advance and always entailed packed houses of standing-only patrons.

As they listened to her, their spirits and souls soared, virtually transported to the heavens, to feel as the gods did. All cares of the world vanished and nothing else mattered.

At the end, they were so saturated with ecstasy and magnificence, their hearts burst—literally!

Still, they came.