As music and splendour
By: Kate O'Brien ; with an introduction by Anne Enright.
Publisher: Penguin Books; Gardners Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Sopranos (Singers) -- Fiction.; Irish -- Italy -- Rome -- Fiction.; Lesbianism -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Set in the 1880s and '90s, As Music and Splendour tells the story of two young Irish girls who are sent to Rome for training as opera singers. Rose red-haired, big-hearted and big-voiced is soon on track to become a prima donna soprano; Clare, also a soprano but subtler and less glamorous, is more at home with sacred music. While Rose juggles the affections of various men, Clare embarks on a passionate affair with her fellow-student Luisa.
Notes: Originallly published: London: Heinemann, 1958.