Puccini's Ghosts

For one woman, no matter what has happened through the decades, the music will always linger

Burnhead is an inconspicuous town on the Scottish coast, but for Lila Du Cann, it is the setting for an opera that will change her life forever. When Lila returns to Burnhead to bury her father, she thinks back to 1960, when she fell in love for the first time.

Her parents are in a failing marriage. Lila’s...