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“Lorenzo da Ponte at your service.” He took me gently by the elbow and urged me on. “Everybody calls me Larry.”
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Abbé Prevost: Antoine François Prévost (1697-1763), novelist best known for the story of Manon Lescaut. Acquaviva: Claudio Acquaviva, fifth Father General of the Jesuits, (1543-1615). Adam, Father Adam Eckhardt SJ: Priest in the Jesuit College of Saint Michael in Munich. Albrecht: Guard in Munich. Angiolo Tiepolo: Lover of Larry da Ponte. Anni Nachtigall: Maid to Camilla in Sweet Nightingale.. Antelini: Intelligencer working for Donato Zane. Antonia: Wife of Detlef Oswieck. Arrigo Benzon: Second in command to Corona Mundt. August Rathenau: Sophie’s father-in-law (1704–1764). Aurelia Rathenau: Aunt (1699– ) of Gustl. B Becca: Jewish citizen in Ghetto. Benno Nierhaus: Policeman working for Franz Bergauer. Bettina Schmidtke Hunger: Maid to Aurelia. C Camilla Mereau Bergauer: Long-term friend of Sophie, living in Vienna with husband Franz. Carlo: Gunman working for Corona Mundt. Casanova: Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (1725–1798), celebrated Venetian adventurer and roué, mentor to Mozart’s librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. Catherine “The Great”: Empress of Russia 1762–1796. Cesare: Cesare Innocenti, business brain of Theo Weydmann at the Versailles Club. Charlotte Rathenau: Sophie’s sister-in-law (1739-) and sister of Luzie Rathenau. Chiara: Sister of Cesare Innocenti. Cimarosa: Italian opera composer. Clement XIV: Pope 1769-1774, “Ganganelli”. Colloredo: Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, usually remembered for his autocratic treatment of Mozart. Corona Mundt: A moneylender who menaced Sophie in Venice. D Daun: Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, veteran of the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years’ War. Detlef Oswieck: Timber merchant in Munich. Diderot: French philosophe and art critic. Dietrich Hofer: Tyrolean organiser of Graben nymphs for Theo Weydmann at the Versailles Club. Donato Zane: Assistant to Ottavio Renucci. Dschingiz Balıkcıoğlu: Or Balyckschjollu, principal enforcer of the Versailles Club in Vienna. E Elfi: Slum tenant in Sweet Nightingale.. Elise: Elise Gräfin von Neydling, friend of Isabella. Ernst Rathenau: Sophie’s brother-in-law. Eva: Maid to Luca von Ahns. Ezio: Gunman working for Corona Mundt. F Fanni Werthenheimer: Jewish heiress living at the Naglergasse end of the Graben, generally responsible for any of Sophie’s exotic or improbable tastes or practices, such as depilation. Filipe Benucci: A kidnapped Venetian child Sophie failed to rescue. Fosca: Pupil of Larry da Ponte. Francis Xavier: 1506-1552. Companion of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, co-founder of the Society of Jesus, whose tireless missions to convert the benighted in Asia are recalled with appreciation to this day. Franz Bergauer: Lieutenant in the Viennese Rumorwache and husband of Sophie’s friend Camilla. Franz von der Trenck: Corrupt and brutal leader of fearsome Pandours, imprisoned for life by Maria Theresia, the Empress in whose service he fought. Franz-Karl Bergauer: Young son of Camilla and Franz Bergauer. Frau Körner: Lätizie Körner, Sophie’s landlady at the Black Whale. Frederick of Prussia: Frederick II, later “the Great.” G Garzone: Intelligencer working for Donato Zane. Georg Wilsdorf: Sophie’s driver in The Prussian Dispatch. Gianni: Nephew of Cesare Innocenti.. Gidon/Gideon Wolff: Sophie’s maternal grandfather. Girolamo da Ponte: Brother of Larry da Ponte. Gozzi: Carlo Gozzi, litterateur and friend of Larry da Ponte. Gluck: German composer of French and Italian operas. Graben nymph: Prostitute. Graf von Falkenstein: The name under which Emperor Joseph II often travelled. Gramann: police assistant in Munich. Granitz, Luitpold Zvonimir von Granitz-Wolfsberg: Imperial Prince and Chancellor of the Habsburg Empire. Gustl: August (“Gustl”) Graf von Rathenau (1736–1765); Sophie’s late husband, artillery major, ennobled for his part in Battle of Kolin in 1757. H Haugwitz: Carla Baronin von Haugwitz, friend of Isabella. Hanna: Child in care of the Ursuline Order in Venice. Hedwig: Maid to Detlef Oswieck. Herbst: Jailer in Munich. Herr Korner: Pankraz Körner, Sophie’s landlord at the Black Whale. Hildegard von Bingen: The remarkable twelfth-century Rhineland abbess and polymath, whose medicinal insights are still well regarded by many today Horvath, Justus: Provost in Vienna’s Rumorwache, concerned with the physical disciplining of Rumorwache personnel. I Ignatius Loyola: Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), founder and first Father General of the Society of Jesus. Ignaz Süssmayr: Sophie’s grandfather (1697–1762) Isabella: Archduchess Maria Isabella Amalia Christina von Habsburg J Joseph II: Son (1741–1790) of Empress Maria Theresia, reigning jointly with his mother from his father’s death in 1765 and alone after Maria Theresia’s death in 1780. K Katharina Süssmayr Rathenau: Sophie and Gustl’s still-born daughter. Katharina Wichowa Rathenau: Sophie’s mother-in-law (1710–1765). L Leni Vossler: Sophie’s friend, a waitress in Stachus’s Munich beerhall in Lay Brothers. Lorenzo da Ponte: Aspiring librettist, known as Larry. Loretto: Giacomo Loretto, Munich City Council Member for Security. Luca, Baron Luca von Ahns: Police captain in Munich. Lucia: Pupil of Larry da Ponte. Luisa: Luisa Hofer, maid to Isabella, brother of Dietrich Hofer of the Versailles Club. Luzie Rathenau: Sophie’s sister-in-law (1741– ) and sister to Charlotte Rathenau. M Manzuoli: Giovanni Manzuoli, castrato soprano celebrated for his powerful voice. Mare Innocenti: Mother of Cesare Innocenti. Margaret Mary: An extreme ascetic, beatified in 1920, whose visions of Christ focussed on his “Sacred Heart”; a form of devotion encouraged by the Jesuits. Maria Theresia: The “Kayserin,” Empress-Queen of Austria and Hungary and the Habsburg Crown Lands, and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II. Marie: Sophie’s affectionate name for the Blessed Virgin. Matthias Klostermayr: A notorious Bavarian bandit. Max Joseph: Maximillian III Joseph, Prince-Elector of Bavaria 1745 to 1777. A Prince-Elector (Kurfürst) voted on candidates for Holy Roman Emperor. Michael the archangel: In Christian tradition, Michael is given the task of casting Satan from Heaven. Migazzi: Christoph Anton Migazzi, Prince-Archbishop of Vienna (1756–1803). Mirko Kružić: Ex-Pandour captain in the service of Corona Mundt, Missier Grande: Chief of Venice’s secret police. Monika: Maid to Johann Weishaupt. N Narcysa Bajorek: Graben nymph in he Prussian Dispatch. O Omi: Sophie’s grandmother, Celi Schaidl Süssmayr. Ottavio Renucci: Ambassador of Maria Theresia in Venice, P Pandour: Croat irregulars, with a reputation for boldness, ferocity, and lawlessness, who fought for Maria Theresia against Frederic the Great. Pasqueta: Waitress working in Caffé Menegazzi. Pavo Kružić: Son of Mirko Kružić. Petra: Sister of Anni Nachtigall. Piccinni: Composer of L’Olimpiade. R Renate: Wife of Giacomo Loretto. Rindfleisch: Joachim Rindfleisch, police assistant in Munich. Roswitha: Graben nymph in The Prussian Dispatch. Rousseau: Author of the fanous Confessions. Roxelana: Wife of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Rudolf Patzac, aka Rudolf Zankl: A pimp working for Dietrich Hofer at the Versailles Club. Rumorwache: Forerunner of Vienna’s police. S Sabine: Sabine Waldeck, nurserymaid to Camilla Bergauer, later friend of Sophie and eventual owner and renovator of the Black Whale. Saint John Nepomuk: Martyred in 1393 for keeping inviolate the secrets of the confessional. Saint Kümmernis: Though venerated throughout Europe, this saint appears to have been quite mythical, her beard probably deriving from figures of Jesus in robes assumed to be feminine. Saint Notburga: Medieval saint from the Tyrol, patroness of servants and peasants. Saint Ursula: Patroness of Sophie’s school in Salzburg. According to legend, she was martyred by Attila the Hun, along with her entourage of 11,000 virgins. Sam: Samaritano Zapatero, unemployed Venetian shoemaker. Sandro Longhi: Venetian portrait painter, son of the famous Pietro Longhi. Schreiber, Father Josef Maria Schreiber SJ: Father Rector of the Jesuit College of Saint Michael in Munich. Sepp: Joseph Granitz, son of Prince Granitz. Serafina: Waitress in the Munich beerhall where Sophie works in Lay Brothers. Sister Angela: Teacher of Sophie’s at Saint Ursula’s school in the Aigen district of Salzburg. “Mother” in Serene. Sister Infirmarian: Medical practitioner of the Ursuline Order in Venice. Sister Portress: Gatekeeper of the Ursuline Order in Venice. Sobieski: Jan Sobieski, King of Poland 1674–1696, in command of Polish, Austrian, and German allies against Ottoman forces under Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa. Sophie: Sophie (zo-FEE) Maria Gräfin von Rathenau, née Süssmayr. Known aliases: Kunigund Gräfin Lobkowitz; Maria Süssmayr; Maria von Ilzing; Zaynab bint Mahmudi; Leonore Chiasmus; Mariechen; Marerl; Sonja; Sisi Rathenau; Serena Rathenau. Stachus Föderl: Owner of the Munich beerhall where Sophie works in Lay Brothers. Stanislas Poniatowski: King of Poland 1764–1795. T Tasso: Torquato Tasso (1544-1595), Italian epic poet. Theo Weydmannn: Criminal boss of the Versailles Club. Thurn and Taxis: Noble family of Italian extraction who became well known for developing postal services. Treinel: Cook in the Munich beerhall where Sophie works in Lay Brothers. V Verena: Sister of Aurelia, Verena Rathenau Mühr (1702–1769). Viktor: Husband of Anni Nachtigall in Sweet Nightingale. Voltaire: The celebrated French philosophe and free thinker. W Weishaupt: Johann Weishaupt, gentleman scholar in Munich Wielopolska, Countess Anna: Polish activist. Winckelmann: Johann Joachim Winckelmann, the famous antiquarian (1717–1768). X Xaver: Xaver Rautzen, Granitz’ secretary or “reader”. Z Zuzanna Braunwald: Polish Graben nymph, the “Polin.” |