Wiener Passion

The young American singer Magnolia Brown comes to Vienna to take singing lessons. She takes a room with her cranky aunt Pia, who introduces her to all sorts of gruesome Viennese specialties. One day, Magnolia discovers in an old trunk the life story of Rosa Havelka, a maid sentenced to death for murder in the late 19th century. Over the fascinating reading, Magnolia almost forgets her lessons with the singing teacher Joseph Horvath, a sensitive and highly musical hypochondriac par excellence. A virtuoso novel about Vienna at the turn of the century and today - and music from beginning to end.