Whispers of Vivaldi
By: Beverle Graves Myers
Edition: First edition.
Series: A Tito Amato mystery
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781464202087; 9781464202100
Subjects: Social life and customs; Murder; Fiction; Investigation; Opera producers and directors; Kriminalroman; Manners and customs; Amerikanisches Englisch
Description: "Venice, 1745. The once celebrated male soprano, Tito Amato, is now determined to prove himself as a director. With the theater losing subscribers to a rival company headed by an unscrupulous impresario, San Marco's Maestro Torani charges Tito with locating the perfect opera to fill the seats in time for the opening of Carnival. Surprisingly, a second-rate composer provides the very thing--an opera so replete with gorgeous melodies the public speculates it was written by the late Antonio Vivaldi. Even more disconcerting are the rumors swirling around Angeletto, a male soprano imported from Naples to sing the lead. Is the singer truly a castrato or a female soprano engaging in a daring but lucrative masquerade? Both matters lead the perplexed Tito into dangerous waters that turn murderous when Maestro Torani undergoes a series of increasingly vicious attacks ending in his death. And Tito is the prime suspect. His own life as well as the future of Teatro San Marco now depend on his skills as a sleuth"--Jacket.