Tempesta's Dream: A Story of Love, Friendship and Opera

Tempesta's Dream: A Story of Love, Friendship and Opera

INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL OF A YOUNG, ASPIRING OPERA SINGER GROWING UP IN ITALY

"The author's contagious love of opera and his faith in human decency sing through this loveable page-turner of a story."
-Susan Nicassio, Author of Tosca's Rome

"An intelligent and entertaining lyrical journey . . . A rare, beautiful story with passion and opera pulsating through each page. LoCoco has woven a unique novel with exceptionally developed characters, realistic dialogue and a well-balanced narrative."
-Penn Book Review

Tempesta's Dream is a novel by New Orleans writer, Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco. It is the story of an aspiring opera singer coming of age in Milan; a tender and moving love story; a testament to the bonds of friendship; and, at its core, a tribute to the beauty, majesty and miracle of opera.

Giovanni Tempesta always dreamed of becoming an opera tenor and one day singing from the stage of the La Scala Opera House in his hometown of Milan, Italy. But with no real training, his dream has little chance for fulfillment . . . One day, he meets and immediately falls in love with Isabella Monterone, a dark-haired beauty, whose father, a very rich and powerful Milanese Judge, refuses to allow his daughter to date a penniless musician . . . At the lowest part of his life, Giovanni comes upon the Casa di Riposo, a rest home for musicians established by the great opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi . . . It is at the Casa Verdi that Giovanni meets Alfredo del Monte, a blind, retired opera singer with a secretive past who gradually becomes his mentor . . . Could Alfredo be the one person who could assist Giovanni in finding the break he needs? Or is Giovanni destined to be on the cusp of reaching his life long dream, only to find failure? . . . Tempesta's Dream, at its core, is an Italian opera love story. The author tells the story simply and swiftly with an ending that is both an emotional and poignant moment of both "amicizia e amore" (friendship and love.)

Historical Fiction Book Categories:
Historical Fiction Italy Kindle Books
Historical Fiction Kindle Books
Italian Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction Italy
Historical Fiction
Historical Romance Kindle Books
Historical Fiction Biographical
Coming of age
Country USA
Manufacturer Cefalutana Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-12-22
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Cefalutana Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-12-22
Format	Kindle eBook

Tempesta's Dream: A Story of Love, Friendship and Opera

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