Grisham, John - Playing for Pizza by Grisham John
Author:Grisham, John
Language: eng
Format: epub
"We perform Wednesday, and then Sunday is our last of the
season."
"We play in Milan on Sunday."
"I can get you a ticket for Wednesday."
"It's a deal."
The pub closed at 2:00 a.m. Rick offered to walk her home, and
she easily agreed. Her hotel suite was furnished by the opera
company. It was near the river, a few blocks from the Teatro
Regio.
They said good night with a nod, a smile, a promise to meet the
next day.
They met for lunch, and over large salads and crepes they talked
for two hours. Her schedule was not that different from his--a long
night's sleep, coffee and breakfast late in the morning, an hour or
two at the gym, then an hour or two of work. When they were not
performing, the cast was expected to gather and grind through
another practice. Same as football. Rick got the clear impression
that a struggling soprano earned more than a struggling itinerant
quarterback, but not by much. Carletto was never mentioned.
They talked about their careers. She had begun singing as a
young teenager in Florence, where her mother still lived. Her
father was dead. At seventeen, she began winning awards and
receiving auditions. Her voice developed early, and there were
big dreams. She worked hard in London and won role after role,
but then nature set in, genetics became a factor, and she was
struggling with the realization that her career--her voice--had
reached its pinnacle.
Rick had been booed so many times it didn't faze him. But to
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