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« Reply #1965 on: 13:05:37, 29-05-2007 » |
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Can I belatedly add the TROYENS love duet based on lines from THE MERCHANT?  |
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« Reply #1966 on: 13:15:59, 29-05-2007 » |
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I never knew that, but given Berlioz's love of Shakespeare, it doesn't come as a complete surprise.
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« Reply #1967 on: 13:24:27, 29-05-2007 » |
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The duet always sounds comic to my ears, knowing the Shakespeare scene it's based on (the lines come from 5.1, where Jessica and Lorenzo repeat 'In such a night'; in Berlioz's 'Nuit d'ivresse' it translates as 'Pour une telle nuit', a phrase also repeated several times). Your new quartet doesn't seem to be operatic at all  |
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« Reply #1968 on: 13:28:22, 29-05-2007 » |
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Your new quartet doesn't seem to be operatic at all Really?  |
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« Reply #1969 on: 13:59:19, 29-05-2007 » |
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 Bravo, John! Isn't the VW Serenade beautiful? Well I can't remember when I last listened to the Serenade but I have the LP with Boult/Burrowes/Armstrong et al so sometime today it'll be on the turntable  I almost went for another possible answer to the Shylock/MoV connection, Humperdinck - Moorish Rhapsody, which I saw listed at Naxos. Anyone heard that? John W |
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« Reply #1970 on: 14:24:56, 29-05-2007 » |
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Your new quartet doesn't seem to be operatic at all Really? Debussy: PELLEAS et MELISANDE or RODRIGUE et CHIMENE |
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« Reply #1971 on: 14:40:00, 29-05-2007 » |
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The Debussy is the non-operatic answer!
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« Reply #1972 on: 15:33:05, 29-05-2007 » |
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Maxwell Davies: The DOCTOR of Myddfai
Dittersdorf: DOKTOR und Apoteker
John Adams: Nixon in China (DR Henry Kissinger)
Debussy: ? (definitely not the PELLEAS Doctor).
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« Reply #1973 on: 15:42:54, 29-05-2007 » |
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Elementary!
PMD and Dittersdorf correct; the Debussy is part of a piano work, the Adams an opera title.
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« Reply #1974 on: 15:51:10, 29-05-2007 » |
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Debussy: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum?
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« Reply #1975 on: 15:54:21, 29-05-2007 » |
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Adams: Doctor Atomic?
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« Reply #1976 on: 16:00:59, 29-05-2007 » |
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 Yes - what's the collective noun for doctors? Dittersdorf Der Apotheker und der Doktor P. Maxwell Davies the Doctor of Myddfai Debussy Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum Adams Doctor Atomic After much frustration (see Grumpy Rant Room) I managed to book a ticket to see Rolando Villazon in L'Elisir d'Amore and persevered to get a ticket for Iphigénie en Tauride with Simon Keenlyside and Susan Graham in September. Feeling happier now! |
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« Reply #1977 on: 16:22:52, 29-05-2007 » |
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I almost went for another possible answer to the Shylock/MoV connection, Humperdinck - Moorish Rhapsody, which I saw listed at Naxos. Anyone heard that?
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Thanks for that, John; a new one on me. I had a listen, found it on HMV and duly ordered a copy. It's conducted by Martin Fischer-Dieskau - must be the son of the great DF-D.  |
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« Reply #1978 on: 17:16:22, 29-05-2007 » |
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Here’s a tricky one. This time, you’re not looking for a common word theme, but the connection is another composer, i.e. the works by these composers have similar or identical titles to ones by our mystery composer:
Ives
Martinu
Henze
Donizetti
I’ll add some more composers later on if needed…
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« Reply #1979 on: 17:37:30, 29-05-2007 » |
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IGI, I once saw a performance in English by a touring company visiting the area of L'ELISIR re-titled DR DULCAMARA'S ELIXIR! It was as Adina that I later (I think '96) saw my beloved AG (my only AG opera ), then there was a not-so-memorable updated production by ENO in '97-98 (the Dr was Andrew Shore). Never seen TAURIDE. The casts of your operas are splendid, and I'm sure you'll enjoy them both. Your new quartet: Henze: Don Chisciotte della Mancia? |
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