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Buch
Originaltitel
Originalsprache
Englisch (Amerikanisch)
Erstveröffentlichung
1982
Band (Reihe)
-
Typ
Buch
Genre
Belletristik: Historischer Roman
Auflage
Titel
Sprache
Englisch (Amerikanisch)
Verlag
Penguin Books
Jahr
1991
Seitenanzahl
582
ISBN
0140132023
EAN
9780140132021
Ausgabe
Taschenbuch
Auflage
Unbekannt
Inhalt/Klappentext
In eighteenth-century Italy the castrati recreated heaven on earth
Their exquisite voices soared above the glittering world of courtiers and nobility. Those who achieved fame were showered with riches and sexual favours. But their success also hid a terrible sadness.
Tonio, of noble birth, is the victim of a vengeful brother. Disinherited and forced to join the ranks of the castrati, he plans his revenge while striving to become the greatest of all singers.
Guido, sacrificed to the knife at an early age, composes opera and dreams of the perfect voice to give it life. He discovers Tonio and becomes his teacher.
As together they reach the very pinnacle of success, Tonio is pushed to the extremes of endurance as he tries to resolve his lust for glory and for vengeance.
Their exquisite voices soared above the glittering world of courtiers and nobility. Those who achieved fame were showered with riches and sexual favours. But their success also hid a terrible sadness.
Tonio, of noble birth, is the victim of a vengeful brother. Disinherited and forced to join the ranks of the castrati, he plans his revenge while striving to become the greatest of all singers.
Guido, sacrificed to the knife at an early age, composes opera and dreams of the perfect voice to give it life. He discovers Tonio and becomes his teacher.
As together they reach the very pinnacle of success, Tonio is pushed to the extremes of endurance as he tries to resolve his lust for glory and for vengeance.
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First published in Great Britain in 1990
(c)1982
(c)1982