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Vissi d’arte is about love and music. The drama and passion associated with opera plots are evoked in this story set in an opera school. A woman with a secret. An inquisitive journalist. An ambitious young theatre director. Student opera singers with brilliant voices. Unhappy when his... read more
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Summary edit
Young singers at an opera school learn drama, music, languages and stage craft. Their passion for opera unites them. Their love affairs, political views and ambition divide them
Characters edit
- Nicholas: A talented young opera director.
- Harriet: A woman with a secret. Nicholas's aunt.
- Vivien: An inquisitive journalist who is determined to discover why Harriet gave up her glittering operatic career 40 years ago.
- Natasha: Skinny and untidy she looks as if she is incapable of singing one note let alone a whole aria.
Quotes edit
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“I wish this tram would crash.”
Jacqueline -
“He's thinking about Sally. She slept with another man and aborted the baby that might have been his, but I think he still loves her. I've been part of his life for a year, but I've hardly left a mark.”
Phillipa -
“You've always hated her because she reminds you of Annabel. She's not Annabel and is unfair of you to treat her as if she is. For God's sake, who is Annabel? What did she do to you?”
Nicholas -
“She's an opera singer. I'm still unhappily married. I've achieved nothing. I am nothing.”
Max -
“I'm a failure and a fraud.”
Harriet -
“If I thought I could get away with it I would kill you. It'd be easy to strangle or stab you. You're lucky I haven't got a gun because I'd shoot you.”
Richard -
“Funny what a uniform can do. I won't even have to act frightened now.”
Natasha
Setting & Locations edit
Melbourne, Australia
- The National Theatre Opera School
- The Scheherazade Cafe: Where the students go for coffee after their classes.
- City of Melbourne
- St. Kilda: A bayside suburb in Melbourne
- Kew Gardens: A suburb near London
- Brighton: A Melbourne suburb
- Gardenvale: A Melbourne suburb
- South Yarra: A suburb near Melbourne
- Kooyna Beach: A wild deserted beach in Victoria
Authors & Contributors edit
- Joanna Stephen-Ward (Author)
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