The Castrata

The Castrata

The Castrata

Norman R. Shapiro, Eugene Scribe

The Castrata

The Castrata

Norman R. Shapiro, Eugene Scribe

Overview

A beautiful, young and naive soprano masquerades as a man to gain entry into an ambitious cardinal's household. Her equally ambitious composer husband struggles with his much lamented but richly deserved artistic oblivion as well as his wife's threatened involvement with the cardinal's handsome nephew. Published in A Flea in Her Rear, or Ants in Her Pants and Other Vintage French Farces

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Authors

Author

Norman R. Shapiro

Author

Eugene Scribe

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