Jerilyn’s Reviews > The Opera Sisters > Status Update

The sections read like scenes from a movie. I confess that empathy for the characters living the trauma that was WE2 Europe has pulled me in so that I can hardly put the book down. Marianne Monson gives us some rich language in her narrative, though in places it feels contrived.

Reading part of a pre-concert lecture the sisters attend in Salzburg, I wonder if the timing is right for a revival of Beethoven’s Fidelio.
“…nostalgia for lost liberty…reminding us of the sacred religion of humanity….”