Rubem Fonseca

Rubem Fonseca

O selvagem da ópera

O selvagem da ópera / The Wild Man in the Opera

Novel , 1994

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19th century Historical Fiction Music

Antonio Carlos Gómes, a tormented musician and the favourite of the emperor who ruled Brazil in the second half of the 19th century, travels to Italy to make a name for himself on the same stage where Verdi, Ponchielli, Boito, Puccini and Wagner cohabit, triumph and fail. With a style that combines fiction, biography and film techniques, Fonseca paints a portrait of the historical character in order to recreate an image of the artist in exile.