Ergebnis für "opera" in Familienleben

In post-Cultural Revolution China, in the fading village of Freshwind, the fates of two households are shifting. The Bais, once the most powerful family in the region, have fallen from status. Their beautiful daughter, Snow Bai, an embodiment of tradition, pursues a career in a vanishing art form. The Xias, enthusiastic members of the Party, are on the rise. Their favorite son, Wind Xia, is a citified politician whose marriage to Snow Bai could unite the two families. But in a village casting about for a new road to prosperity, fortunes can change.

Two sisters, separated by oceans and global conflict, are bonded through music and love in this gripping novel based on true events from World War II. “Hauntingly beautiful . . . shines a light on wartime in the Philippines and Italy, places rarely depicted in historical fiction . . . a...

A captivating novel of Renaissance Italy detailing the mysterious life of Bartolomeo Scappi, the legendary chef to several popes and author of one of the bestselling cookbooks of all time, and the nephew who sets out to discover his late uncle’s secrets—including the identity of the...

"Sept fois ils se sont dit oui. Dans des consulats obscurs, des mairies de quartier, des grandes cathédrales ou des chapelles du bout du monde. Tantôt pieds nus, tantôt en grand équipage. Il leur est même arrivé d'oublier les alliances. Sept fois, ils se sont engagés. Et six fois, l'éloignement, la séparation, le divorce... Edgar et Ludmilla... Le mariage sans fin d'un aventurier charmeur, un brin escroc, et d'une exilée un peu "perchée", devenue une sublime cantatrice acclamée sur toutes les scènes d'opéra du monde.

Kelly has served as the ambassador on Union Station for more than two decades, but humanity remains on probationary status. When the Stryx inform EarthCent that their membership status is under review, Kelly goes all out to prepare for the test of her lifetime.

Kelly heads to Earth for the first-ever Conference of EarthCent Ambassadors, but while the cat's away, the mice will play.