Maurizio e Caterina: A Love Story by
Dr. Kathryn Chilcote, D.M.A.
A novel of second chances in Italy
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A Woman's
Search for Lost Love
Dream Sends Woman on Italian Search
for Love in New Novel
West Chester, Pennsylvania
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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 |
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Maurizio
e
Caterina in
Viareggio,
autumn 1970 |
Caterina's
first "head shot" |
Maurizio
Frusoni in "Il Matrimonio"
Siena, Italy,
August 1970 |
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Maurizio
in
Venice, during
rehearsals for
"Il Matrimonio" |
Maurizio e
Caterina,
before a fall
1970 concert |
Caterina e
Jole Frusoni,
Florence, Italy
November 2005 |
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Memorial
concert for Maestro
Maurizio
Frusoni,
Nov. 2005 |
Caterina e
Marco,
Levanto,
Italia
June 2006 |
Caterina e
Marco,
Levanto,
Italia
June 2006 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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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