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Isolde 1939: A Novella de Aurelie Thiele
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Isolde 1939: A Novella (edició 2013)

de Aurelie Thiele

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Published for the 200th anniversary of composer Richard Wagner's birth, Isolde 1939 is the story of French soprano Yvonne Chevallier, who becomes known before World War II for singing Wagner's operas and slowly finds herself embroiled in the great tragedy of her time - first singing her favorite role of Isolde at the Bayreuth Festival in 1939 with Adolf Hitler in attendance, and later singing Isolde again at the Paris Opera for the Nazis who have occupied France. Will Yvonne's passion for her art turn her into a full-fledged collaborator? How will her peers judge her after the war? And what consequences will her behavior have on the people she loves most? Loosely inspired by actual events.… (més)
Membre:KateBaxter
Títol:Isolde 1939: A Novella
Autors:Aurelie Thiele
Informació:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2013), Paperback, 100 pages
Col·leccions:La teva biblioteca
Valoració:****
Etiquetes:novella, historical fiction, Germaine Lubin, Goodreads First Reads, WWII, Paris, Vichy government, Richard Wagner, Wagner, Bayreuth, Germany, occupation

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This is a fictional account of French opera singer, Yvonne Chevallier, who gets caught up in the politics surrounding Paris and Bayreuth in the late 1930s through 1940s. It is a story inspired by the actual singer, Germaine Lubin, the first French woman to sing the role of Isolde (Wagner's: Tristan und Isolde) in Bayreuth, Germany.

Yvonne has struggled, made sacrifices, made difficult decisions throughout her life, all in the interest of clawing her way to the top in pursuit of her career as an exceptional opera singer. She is one who is captivated by the exquisite, difficult and physically demanding music of Richard Wagner. She lives to sing the role of Isolde at the Bayreuth Opera Festival. In 1938, she answers the call to perform the role of Kundry in Parsifal, garnering rave review. In 1939, through extenuating circumstances, she is called back to Bayreuth to sing the role of her dreams, Isolde. There's talk that she sang the role better than any German had thus far. She was a phenom and her career catapulted further.

She returns home to Paris just before war breaks out. She is called upon time and time again to entertain the occupying German forces. She cannot say no. To her, there is no other way to pursue her craft.

The question remains, "How will she be judged by her peers?" Was she merely pursuing her career in the company of the occupiers? Was she a true collaborator? Is there any redemption for her? .....You decide. ( )
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Published for the 200th anniversary of composer Richard Wagner's birth, Isolde 1939 is the story of French soprano Yvonne Chevallier, who becomes known before World War II for singing Wagner's operas and slowly finds herself embroiled in the great tragedy of her time - first singing her favorite role of Isolde at the Bayreuth Festival in 1939 with Adolf Hitler in attendance, and later singing Isolde again at the Paris Opera for the Nazis who have occupied France. Will Yvonne's passion for her art turn her into a full-fledged collaborator? How will her peers judge her after the war? And what consequences will her behavior have on the people she loves most? Loosely inspired by actual events.

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