03619cam a2200421 4500 234817693 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781481548847 1481548840 697ee4ca-d421-44cf-8466-93a7197daaca OverDrive (Reserve ID) 200679 OverDrive (Product ID) 200679 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Patchett, Ann. Bel Canto [Libby]. Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2008. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 311MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 311MB. Fiction. Literature. "Anna Fields offers up each moment, each character, slowly and deliberately, taking time to savor every subtlety. Her performance is the essence of bel canto: easy, pure of tone, with an agile, precise vocal technique.". HTML:<i>AudioFile</i>. Mixing art and politics can have unexpected results, but rarely are they so poignant. A birthday party is held for a Japanese CEO in an anonymous Spanish-speaking country. World-class lyric soprano Roxane Coss is the irresistible bait for the opera-loving Mr. Hosokawa. As she finishes singing, terrorists burst in and take everyone hostage. So begins a four-and-a-half-month siege, during which friendships and love grow between guests and gunmen. Anna Fields offers up each moment, each character slowly and deliberately, taking time to savor every subtlety. Her performance is the essence of bel canto, easy, pure of tone, with an agile, precise vocal technique. S.J.H. 2002 Audie Award Finalist (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. HTML:<p>Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country’s vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of a powerful Japanese businessman. A famous American opera diva entertains the international guests. It is a night out of a fairytale — until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage.</p> <p>But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario turns into something quite different, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds, people from different countries and continents become compatriots, and passionate, ill-fated love blooms upon this unlikely soil.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. PEN/Faulkner Award. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. Audie Award Nominee. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 20:32:58. Fields, Anna. http://nm.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=697ee4ca-d421-44cf-8466-93a7197daaca http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/200679-BelCanto.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/200679-BelCanto.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=697EE4CA-D421-44CF-8466-93A7197DAACA&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/200679-BelCanto.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/200679-BelCanto.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=697EE4CA-D421-44CF-8466-93A7197DAACA&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)