The Metropolitan Opera Murders
The Metropolitan Opera Murders

Author: Helen Traubel

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2022-02-01

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 146421591X

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When the prompter falls dead during the second act of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre during a matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera, as one can imagine, it causes quite a stir, especially when it is discovered that the deceased, a one time world famous Heldentenor has been poisoned. The detective assigned to the case, Lt. Quentin, finds himself immersed in the back stage drama of professional opera. His task is made more difficult when he decides that it had really been the star soprano who had been the intended victim, and not the prompter. Will he be able to solve the case before there is another Metropolitan Opera Murder?

Crime and Music
Crime and Music

Author: Dina Siegel

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-12-07

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 3030498786

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This unique volume explores the relationship between music and crime in its various forms and expressions, bringing together two areas rarely discussed in the same contexts and combining them through the tools offered by cultural criminology. Contributors discuss a range of topics, from how songs and artists draw on criminality as inspiration to how musical expression fulfills unexpected functions such as building deviant subcultures, encouraging social movements, or carrying messages of protest. Comprised of contributions from an international cohort of scholars, the book is categorized into five parts: The Criminalization of Music; Music and Violence; Organised Crime and Music; Music, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity and Music as Resistance. Spanning a range of cultures and time periods, Crime and Music will be of interest to researchers in critical and cultural criminology, the history of music, anthropology, ethnology, and sociology.

The Opera House
The Opera House

Author: Peter FitzSimons

Publisher: Hachette Australia

Published: 2022-03-30

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 0733641342

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'The sun did not know how beautiful its light was until it was reflected off this building.' - Louis Kahn, US architect If only these walls and this land could talk ... The Sydney Opera House is a breathtaking building, recognised around the world as a symbol of modern Australia. Along with the Taj Mahal and other World Heritage sites, it is celebrated for its architectural grandeur and the daring and innovation of its design. It showcases the incomparable talents involved in its conception, construction and performance history. But this stunning house on Bennelong Point also holds many secrets and scandals. In his gripping biography, Peter FitzSimons marvels at how this magnificent building came to be, details its enthralling history and reveals the dramatic stories and hidden secrets about the people whose lives have been affected, both negatively and positively, by its presence. He shares how a conservative 1950s state government had the incredible vision and courage to embark on this nation-defining structure; how an architect from Denmark and construction workers from Australia and abroad invented new techniques to bring it to completion; how ambition, betrayal, professional rivalry, sexual intrigue, murder, bullying and breakdowns are woven into its creation; and how it is now acknowledged as one of the wonders and masterpieces of human ingenuity. In The Opera House, Peter FitzSimons captures the extraordinary stories around this building that are as mesmerising as the light catching on its white sails.

Murder at the Opera House
Murder at the Opera House

Author: Dawn Brookes

Publisher: A Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe Mystery

Published: 2022-05-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781913065584

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A night at the opera ends in murder. Lady Marjorie will need to be at her razor-sharp best to solve this one... Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe reluctantly agrees to accompany her cousin-in-law, Edna Parkinton on an organised tour, starting in Romania. Looking for rest and relaxation, things don't quite go to plan. Edna is happy to meet Horace Tyler again, and Marjorie believes she will make a new friend in Frederick Mackworth. Their peace is shattered when they meet an annoying sextet, including a petulant diva. They are all detained in Cluj-Napoca after a body is found at the end of their night at the opera. The death of one of the company raises questions about who might have wanted to kill the unpopular diva. With a plethora of suspects, Marjorie and Edna lock horns while trying to discover who was responsible. The dead woman's friends and family are more interested on continuing with their holiday than finding a killer. With each one of them harbouring secrets, Marjorie and her pensioner friends have their work cut out. Can Marjorie get to the bottom of a troubling murder without killing her cousin-in-law and ending up in a Romanian jail? Murder at the Opera House is the first full book following on from a prequel novella. This is a rollicking new series. Don't be fooled by the ages of this quartet; they mean business... If you like determined sleuths, jaw-dropping surprises, and detailed investigative work, you'll love this humorous group of pensioners.

The Opera House Murders
The Opera House Murders

Author: Jan McCanless

Publisher: Beryl's Cove and Brother Jerom

Published: 2019-02-17

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9781796606706

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You'll laugh, you'll cry, but, you'll never be bored with Brother Jerome. Summoned to his favorite Aunt's senior residence in England, with the promise of being told a deep family secret, Chip, Brother Jerome finds himself embroiled in a murder. Interacting with the residents of the Opera House, a home for retired entertainers, he meets the Lord and Lady of the house, as well as the sometimes off beat characters who live there. Teaming up with Chief Inspector David Reason, Chip assists any way he can in the solving of the case.Learning of his parentage, Chip returns to his monastery in North Carolina, only to be called to Charlotte by his Bishop. While living in the Bishop's opulent home, he is confronted by dark secrets of subterfuges, and has to come to terms with his own crisis of faith and calling.Reaching an exciting, and unexpected denouncement, Murder at the Opera House will hold you spellbound while everyone's favorite monk unravels the complication of his life, and solves a few mysteries along the way.