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« Reply #1800 on: 06:45:22, 22-05-2007 » |
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Morning! Here's today's first quartet (with an odd one out):
Verdi
R Strauss
Ponchielli
Wagner
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« Reply #1801 on: 07:14:57, 22-05-2007 » |
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A wild stab - dance/ballet? Verdi - I Vespri Siciliani (The Four Seasons) Strauss - Salome (Dance of the Seven Veils) Ponchielli - La Gioconda (Dance of the Hours) Wagner - Tannhauser (Venusberg ballet) Salome the odd one out because it's performed by a member of the singing cast, not the ballet company?  |
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« Reply #1802 on: 07:44:45, 22-05-2007 » |
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Morning, IGI! Not ballet. GIOCONDA is of course correct. The Verdi is SO close to your personage! The Wagner isn't as early as TANNHAUSER. The Strauss IS a familiar opera, but only occasionally revived (clue: to the best of my knowledge, you haven't yet heard or seen it, unless you did yesterday!  ). Off for a swim and be back before midday to check your answers. |
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« Reply #1803 on: 12:37:55, 22-05-2007 » |
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We're looking for a character in each opera (one being the odd one out). The Ponchielli and Verdi are female roles, the two others men. Let's name the works first, and then move on to the characters.
PS For an obvious reason, IGI should know the Verdi!
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« Reply #1804 on: 12:44:43, 22-05-2007 » |
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So, the operas we know so far...
Ponchielli - La Gioconda
Verdi - Don Carlos
Laura and Eboli?
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« Reply #1805 on: 12:48:04, 22-05-2007 » |
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Eboli is correct, but not Laura.
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« Reply #1806 on: 12:52:17, 22-05-2007 » |
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The Wagner man has two wives who appear as characters. The third wife (  ) is nowhere to be seen on the stage. |
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« Reply #1807 on: 17:19:44, 22-05-2007 » |
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The Strauss man appears in a work whose title doesn't include a proper noun, though it (the title) refers to its TWO heroines.
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« Reply #1808 on: 18:52:43, 22-05-2007 » |
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I think the Wagnerian character is Wotan and the Ponchielli is La Cieca.
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« Reply #1809 on: 18:54:48, 22-05-2007 » |
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I think the Strauss could be one of Barak's brothers in 'Die Frau ohne Schatten'.
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« Reply #1810 on: 18:57:27, 22-05-2007 » |
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Great, and Barak's brother is...
Wotan
La Cieca
Eboli
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« Reply #1811 on: 18:58:00, 22-05-2007 » |
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Eboli sometimes wears an eye-patch. Indeed, the historical Eboli did. So I think Wotan, Eboli and Barak's brother all have just the one eye, whereas La Cieca in La Gioconda is blind!
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« Reply #1812 on: 19:00:26, 22-05-2007 » |
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Well done! Have you ever seen an Eboli with an eye patch? Bumbry has one in the Met DVD.
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« Reply #1813 on: 19:18:46, 22-05-2007 » |
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I don't think Waltraud Meier wore one in the ROH/ Pappano production, nor Violeta Urmana on the Willy Decker/ Chailly Netherlands DVD.
New connection - non-operatic, but there is an odd one out:
Grieg
Bartok
Rachmaninov
Gurney
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« Reply #1814 on: 19:35:44, 22-05-2007 » |
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Peasants?
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