Love Story

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"Maurizio e Caterina:
A Love Story"


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Maurizio e Caterina: A Love Story by Dr. Kathryn Chilcote, D.M.A.
A novel of second chances in Italy

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Kathryn Chilcote, D.M.A.
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Press Release en français


A Woman's Search for Lost Love
Dream Sends Woman on Italian Search
for Love in New Novel


West Chester, Pennsylvania

 
Photos of Maurizio e Caterina
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Maurizio e Caterina,
Siena, 1970, before
Il Palio race
Maurizio
before an
autumn 1970 concert
Caterina near
the Ponte
Vecchio Bridge,
Florence
Maurizio e
Caterina in
Viareggio,
autumn 1970
Caterina's first "head shot" Maurizio Frusoni in "Il Matrimonio"
Siena, Italy,
August 1970
Maurizio in
Venice, during
rehearsals for
"Il Matrimonio"
Maurizio e
Caterina,
before a fall
1970 concert
Caterina e
Jole Frusoni,
Florence, Italy
November 2005
Memorial concert for Maestro
Maurizio
Frusoni,
Nov. 2005
Caterina e
Marco,
Levanto,
Italia
June 2006
Caterina e
Marco,
Levanto,
Italia
June 2006
March 18, 2007
Kathryn and
Lloyd Roby, Paradise Symphony
March 18, 2007
Kathryn performs with Paradise Symphony
April 16, 2007
Italian Opera
Concert:
Kathryn
and Dale
Morehouse
April 16, 2007
Italian Opera
Concert:
Gangwisch,
Chilcote,
Morehouse
April 16, 2007
Italian Opera
Concert:
Sopranos in
"Madama
Butterfly"
April 16, 2007
Italian Opera
Concert:
Curtain call
tonys
Jan. 25, 2009
Rautalampi, Finland:
Chilcote,
Gentry
Jan. 25, 2009
Rautalampi, Finland:
Buckbee, Chilcote, Gentry
June 8, 2014
At the 2014
Tony Awards,
Radio City Music Hall, New York

Great loves live on throughout time despite separation and even death. In her new novel, Maurizio e Caterina: A Love Story (now available through AuthorHouse), Kathryn Chilcote, D.M.A., presents a woman's search for the man she left behind decades ago.

The book's subtitle: " 'tu sei il mio unico amore, per sempre' (you are my only love, forever)," truly describes the relationship of Maurizio Frusoni and Caterina, or Kathryn. When Maurizio appears to Kathryn in a dream decades after she left him to return to the United States, she is overcome by the need to find him. First, she searches the Web and is stunned by finding Maurizio's obituary. Realizing that he came to her for a reason, Kathryn contacts his family through their Web site. Maurizio's son responds, "I know who you are."

After 27 years away, Kathryn returns to Italy. She discovers that Jole, Maurizio's mother, is still living in Florence and decides to visit her. Jole had been a great obstacle in Kathryn's relationship with Maurizio, but the highly emotional reunion began Kathryn's healing and helped her reconnect with the part of herself still in Italy. Kathryn finally meets Marco, Maurizio's son, who invites her to spend the day with him and his mother, Mirella. While meeting their family and friends, a man expresses disbelief about Kathryn's relationship with Maurizio. When she eventually returns to the United States, she and a colleague perform a concert in honor of Maurizio.

Based on a true story, Maurizio e Caterina: A Love Story immerses readers in the romance of Italy and a love that lasts forever despite a life spent apart.

Kathryn Chilcote is a native of the Pacific Northwest and holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in voice from University of the Pacific, Conservatory of Music, Stockton, California. In 1970, she participated in a professional opera apprenticeship program in Siena, Italy, where she met Maurizio Frusoni. After studying and performing professionally throughout the United States and Europe, Kathryn Chilcote received her doctorate in vocal performance and pedagogy from the University of Oregon, School of Music, Eugene. She has taught on university faculties in California, Oregon, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and in West Germany. Dr. Chilcote currently resides in West Chester, PA, is an active recitalist, and maintains a large private studio where she specializes in high voices.

The ISBN # is 1-4208-8555-3 and the publisher is Author House, in Bloomington, IN.
Read an article about Kathryn that appeared in Oregon's Herald and News!

The beautiful graphic for the cover was designed by Lyle Matoush, of Ashland, Oregon. The drawing is part of a series of pastels entitled "Highland Pines." The cover for Maurizio e Caterina is number 35 in the series. Click on the thumbnails below to see larger images of Lyle Matoush's work.

 

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