Nova short story da saga Harry Potter

 

Depois de, no mês passado, ter brindado os fãs com um conto do universo “Harry Potter” acerca dos acontecimentos após o final de “Deathly Hallows” [que podem ler aqui], J.K. Rowling lança agora na Pottermore um conto biográfico sobre Celestina Warbeck, que celebra hoje o seu aniversário. Ainda que o personagem não apareça diretamente em nenhum dos sete livros, os fãs mais fervorosos irão certamente recordar as referências cómicas associadas à cantora favorita de Molly Weasley.

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No que toca às influências que a ajudaram a criar aquela que diz ser um dos seus personagens favoritos “fora do palco”, J.K. Rowling refere que, no que toca “à aparência e ao estilo”, sempre imaginou Ceslestina Warbeck como uma espécie de Shirley Bassey [na foto abaixo]; já o nome diz ter sido inspirado numa amiga com quem trabalhou na Amnistia Internacional.

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Fiquem, então, com o texto e também com um vídeo da atuação da cantora:

 Celestina Warbeck

 Birthday: August 18

 Wand: Larch and phoenix feather, 10 1/2 inches long, flexible

 Hogwarts House: Gryffindor

 Special abilities: Ability to drown out a chorus of banshees, tap-dancing, fancy baking

 Parentage: Wizard father, Muggle mother

 Family: Has married three times; one son

 Hobbies: Travelling in fabulous style, breeding rough-coated Crups, relaxing in any of her eight homes

Internationally-acclaimed singing sensation Celestina Warbeck (sometimes known as ‘the Singing Sorceress’) hails from Wales. Her father, a minor functionary in the Muggle Liaison Office, met her Muggle mother (a failed actress) when the latter was attacked by a Lethifold disguised as a stage curtain.

Celestina’s extraordinary voice was apparent from an early age. Disappointed to learn that there was no such thing as a wizarding stage school, Mrs Warbeck reluctantly consented to her daughter’s enrollment at Hogwarts, but subsequently bombarded the school with letters urging the creation of a choir, theatre club and dancing class to showcase her daughter’s talents.

Frequently appearing with a chorus of backing banshees, Celestina’s concerts are justly famous. Three devoted fans were involved in a nasty three-broom pile up over Liverpool while trying to reach the last night of her ‘Flighty Aphrodite’ tour, and her tickets often appear on the black market at vastly inflated prices (one reason why Molly Weasley has never yet seen her favourite singer live).

Celestina has sometimes lent her name and talents to good causes, such as raising funds for St Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries with a recording of Puddlemere United’s anthem ‘Beat Back Those Bludgers, Boys, and Chuck That Quaffle Here’. More controversially, Celestina was vocal in her disagreement when the Ministry of Magic sought to impose restrictions on how the wizarding community was allowed to celebrate Hallowe’en.

Some of Celestina’s best-known songs include You Charmed the Heart Right Out of Me and A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love. Her fans are usually older people who love her grandstanding style and powerful voice. The late 20th-century album You Stole My Cauldron but You Can’t Have My Heart was a massive global hit.

Celestina’s personal life has provided much fodder for the gossip columns of the Daily Prophet. An early marriage to a backing dancer lasted only a year; Celestina then married her manager, with whom she had a son, only to leave him for the composer Irving Warble ten years later.

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