Corre voce che chi si affaccia alla finestra di Orpheus e guarda verso il basso sia destinato a innamorarsi della prima ragazza su cui posa lo sguardo. Anche se il loro amore finirà in tragedia, come quello di Orpheus ed Euridice…” “Orpheus no Mado”, l’opera più lunga e ambiziosa di Riyoko Ikeda, l’autrice di “Lady Oscar”, giunge finalmente in edizione italiana. Ambientato durante la Rivoluzione Russa, questo manga narra la storia d’amore di Julius Leonhart von Alensmeier, tormentata musicista figlia illegittima di un nobile, costretta dalle circostanze a fingersi… un uomo.
Riyoko Ikeda (池田理代子) is a Japanese manga author and soprano singer. As one of the 24-gumi, she has written and illustrated many shōjo manga, many of which are based on European historical events, such as the French Revolution or the Russian Revolution.
Her most famous manga is Versailles no bara (ベルサイユのばら, The rose of Versailles). Other famous works include Oniisama e... (おにいさまへ…, Dear Brother) and Orpheus no mado (オルフェウスの窓, The Window of Orpheus) that won an Excellence award at Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 1980.
There are many secrets. The plot is really intricate and there are more mysteries. I hope that I will be able to work things out and that the author will deal with them thoroughly. Final cliffhanger. Excellent drawings as always.