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My First Book Signing!
My very first book signing has been scheduled for Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at Hastings Bookstore in Stillwater, OK. The first five copies of So Faithful a Heart, Special...
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So much happening!
Seeing that my last post was nearly a year ago, I thought it a good idea to post an update on what has been going on not only with my book but with me personally during 2012.My last post (in October...
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Still one of my favorites
The last of Mozart's operas with a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, Cosi fan tutte, was given only five performances in Vienna, mostly due to the fact that Emperor Joseph II died during its run in 1790....
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Still one of my favorites: Part II
As I mentioned in yesterday's post regarding Mozart's comic opera, Cosi fan tutte, although this opera was premiered in Vienna on 26 January, 1790, its first English performance didn't occur until May...
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A most productive period
In the early spring of 1786, during the same time that Le Nozze di Figaro was in rehearsal (just prior to its May 1st premiere), Mozart was busy composing two of his greatest piano concertos, No. 23 in...
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Magic, Music, Mozart
On September 30th, 1791, Mozart's fantasy opera, Die Zauberflöte, K.620 was premiered in Vienna's Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden which was owned and operated by Mozart's good friend and fellow...
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The Team of Mozart & da Ponte
First Figaro PlaybillLorenzo da PonteCommon myth says that Mozart completed the entire score for his comic opera Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), in a matter of only a few weeks, but in...
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Author of the Month
Announcing my first local television interview on TV 31! I will be featured as their "Author of the Month" on Morning Edition with Cristy Morrison. The interview is scheduled for Thursday, September...
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FIVE, 5 Star Amazon Reviews!
One of the most coveted honors of every indie author whose book is on Amazon is to achieve the status of five, 5 Star reviews. As of this morning, So Faithful a Heart has achieved just that and I'm...
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It All Starts At Home: Local Media Attention
Last Thursday I was featured on TV31's Morning Edition as Author of the Month and then later that morning, one of the hosts, Cristy Morrison went next door and talked about So Faithful a Heart on our...
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There's Nothing Like Mozart to Draw a Crowd
I live and work in a small community that is home to a major state university. While our university is large, and does have active and thriving arts and humanities departments, it is not known for...
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The Research Behind the "So Faithful a Heart" Novel Series
My Anna Storace Website was created as a companion website for my Master's thesis/project on Anna "Nancy" Storace in 2000. This contains the results of the research I did on her at that time. This was...
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Indie Author News: Featured Indie Book: So Faithful a Heart (K. Lynet...
Indie Author News: Featured Indie Book: So Faithful a Heart (K. Lynet...: Featured Indie Book on Indie Author News : Historical Romance So Faithful a Heart (Special Edition) by K. Lynette Erwin. "So...
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Irish tenor, Michael Kelly: Mozart's original Don Basilio and Don Curzio
Looming large in the Mozart and Storace stories is the Irish tenor, Michael Kelly. Born December 25th, 1762, Kelly first met Stephen and Nancy Storace when he was 18 years old at the harbor in Liverno,...
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Women's History Month - Ann "Nancy" Storace: A Woman Who Made Theater History
Although opera and musical theater were very popular forms of entertainment in the 18th and early 19th centuries, the women who took up the profession of acting were considered little more than common...
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So Faithful a Heart: Book III, A Prequel
When I finished the second book of the So Faithful a Heart series, I thought the story was finished, until someone came to me recently and asked when I was going to write the book about Nancy's...
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Nancy Storace Sings Handel's Messiah
In the spring of 1787, just after Nancy's arrival back in London from Vienna, she was engaged in a performance of the annual Handel Commemoration Festival at Westminster Abbey in which a large group of...
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The Premiere of Le Nozze di Figaro in 1786
On the 1st of May, 1786, at the Burgtheater in Vienna, the audience, which included Emperor Joseph II of Austria, were treated to the premiere of what would come to be regarded as one of the world's...
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Mozart's Motet for Castrato: Exultate Jubilate
Mozart's motet, Exultate Jubilate was composed for the castrato Vinanzio Rauzzini (later the voice teacher of young Nancy Storace), in 1773 when Mozart was visiting in Milan. Rauzinni was born in...
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Amadeus: A Guilty Pleasure
The 19th of September, 2014 marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the brilliant Milos Forman film, Amadeus starring Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Mozart, and F. Murray Abraham as the Viennese Court...
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A Ride in My Time Machine
As a writer of historical fiction based on the lives of real people, I'm often asked how I know so much about these people's private lives. My answer is always that it isn't that I know so much as I...
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A Major Discovery: The REAL story behind Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia -...
The years 1784 and 1785 were significant for Nancy Storace in that they could be described as the most turbulent and life-changing years in her entire life. Having arrived in Vienna only the year...
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New Scholarship Demands a Rewrite
After several weeks of deliberation, I have decided that I'm going to rewrite my book series, "So Faithful a Heart" to reflect the most recent scholarship and discoveries concerning my main character,...
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In Memory of Ann "Nancy" Storace, Mozart's Original Susanna, Whose Birthday...
Today I'll be traveling to Oklahoma City to the State Capitol for the Wreath of Hope Ceremony to help raise awareness about domestic violence. I'll be placing a rose on the wreath on behalf of my...
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