Enders

Giovanni Battista Velluti (1780–1861) was one of the last of the larger-than-life castrati who had dominated operatic life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Velluti, though, spent his career almost entirely in the Romantic era, singing the music of his day. His style of ornamentation attracted widespread admiration and set the standard for the prime donne who were emerging as the stars of their age in operas by such composers as Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti. Here the American male soprano Robert Crowe recreates Velluti’s extraordinary sound-world, in a recording that helps explain why such diverse luminaries as Stendhal, Mary Shelley and the Duke of Wellington admired Velluti as one of the most accomplished and inventive singers of his time.

Mit ihrem Bestseller »Starters« zog Lissa Price rund um den Globus unzählige Leser in ihren Bann. Doch viele Rätsel um die dunkle Welt der 16-jährigen Callie blieben offen. Nun findet der futuristische Thriller seinen furiosen Abschluss. Die 16-jährige Callie lebt in einer Welt, in der eine unheimliche Katastrophe alle getötet hat, die nicht schnell genug geimpft werden konnten – nur sehr junge und sehr alte Menschen haben überlebt. Während die Alten ihren Reichtum seitdem stetig mehren, verfallen die Jungen einer anscheinend ausweglosen Armut…