by Luigi Speranza
"The opera house", by Manucho Mujica Lainez came out in 1980 to great acclaim.
The whole action of the novel takes place during a performance of Wagner's Parsifal.
The Colón is, emblematically and par excellence, a giant and highly splendiferous jewellery box, almost, built, in 1908, for a glitteringly self-assured class of leaders -- the beau monde.
Main characters
Sir Gregory, zoologist.
Vicky, his wife.
The dandy: the British Council officer
The German prince
Maria Zuniga
Amalia Zuniga, her cousin.
Salvador
Alejandro
Bebe, Amalia's granddaughter
Juan
El Sapo (the Toad)
The San Isidro Girls
Quico
Iturri, the music critic
Mademoiselle Truc, Bebe's French tutoress.
Tina Capri -- Alejandro's fiancee
Signore Capri, her father
Anna della Scala, second soprano
The Violinist
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