Consuelo (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin
- First Published: 1842
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Setting: Venice, Bohemia, and Vienna
- Principal Characters: Consuelo, Anzoleto, Porpora, Count Rudolstadt, Albert, Corilla, Joseph Haydn
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Adventure, Gothic fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Class conflict, Love or romance, Europe or Europeans, Marriage, Poverty or poor people, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Mental illness, Eighteenth century, Singing or singers, Death or dying, Ambition, Composers, Nobility
- Locales: Vienna, Austria, Venice, Italy, Bohemia
The Story:
At the church of the Mendicanti in Venice, Consuelo was the most gifted of all the pupils of the famous teacher, Porpora. Consuelo was a poor orphan child, and Porpora had made her his goddaughter. Before the death of her mother, Consuelo had promised that she would one day become betrothed to Anzoleto, another poor musician of Venice.
Through the efforts of Anzoleto, Consuelo was engaged as the prima donna at the theater of Count Zustiniani, replacing Corilla, who had also been Porpora’s student. Consuelo was a great success, but Anzoleto, who had also been...
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