The Diva —Reyes Monforte

THE HIGHEST PAID SOPRANO IN HISTORY. THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN OF THE 19TH CENTURY. THE VOICE THAT SILENCED THE WORLD.

New York, 1851. A bel canto child prodigy named Adelina Patti attracts the attention of the select American opera circuit. Can a young girl born in a boarding house on Fuencarral Street in Madrid possess such undeniable talent? Adelina begins a meteoric career that makes her increasingly famous - to the point of becoming Queen Victoria's favorite soprano and a confidante of Queen Isabella II of Spain - but also vulnerable to the pitfalls of love, fame, money, betrayal, and revenge.

From Abraham Lincoln to the Prince of Wales, from Giuseppe Verdi to Tsar Alexander II, from Leo Tolstoy to Pérez Galdós, including Oscar Wilde, Gioachino Rossini, Eugénie de Montijo, Napoleon III, and Émile Zola, many celebrities of her time revered Patti as a goddess, an unforgettable legend ahead of her time. Aware of choosing her operas better than her husbands, she married three times, lived surrounded by controversy, and forged her own path to success while defying strict Victorian morals. All to live freely as a woman and artist without being trampled in a world made by and for men.

In her magnificent new novel, Reyes Monforte has crafted an unforgettable epic plot, the thrilling saga of the first great diva in music history.

ISBN: 9786073859240