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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #2295 on: 19:00:03, 15-06-2007 »
Long gap without a quiz. Try these four!

Sullivan
Britten
Holst
Shostakovich
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« Reply #2296 on: 09:03:16, 16-06-2007 »
Morning, IGI! I know my first stab (maritime plots) is wrong, but I'm looking for an inquisitorial clue  Embarrassed

Sullivan: HMS Pinafore
Britten: Billy Budd
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« Reply #2297 on: 09:32:05, 16-06-2007 »
Morning, Parsifal!

Clues? From the Inquisition? Oh, go on then... the Britten is sea-related, but it's not Billy Budd! The Sullivan piece is not linked to W.S.Gilbert. And here's a fifth composer:

Sullivan
Britten
Holst
Shostakovich
Dvorak
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« Reply #2298 on: 09:41:34, 16-06-2007 »
The Britten just has to be Peter Grimes - yes?

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« Reply #2299 on: 09:51:24, 16-06-2007 »
Frayed knot, Baz!  Cheesy Further clue? It's not operatic...
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« Reply #2300 on: 12:10:40, 16-06-2007 »
I was thinking of Sullivan - The Golden Legend, Shostakovich - The Golden Age, Britten - The Golden Vanity. Or Sullivan - Merchant of Venice, Britten - Death in Venice.
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« Reply #2301 on: 12:14:42, 16-06-2007 »
Not Venice, but follow up the 'golden' connection, Tony!
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« Reply #2302 on: 12:19:16, 16-06-2007 »
Sullivan - The Golden Legend
Shostakovich - The Golden Age
Britten - The Golden Vanity
Holst - The Golden Goose
Dvorak - The Golden Spinning Wheel

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« Reply #2303 on: 12:26:47, 16-06-2007 »
Fantastic, Tony - spot on! (And no need for the Golden Cockerel as a final clue).
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« Reply #2304 on: 12:28:09, 16-06-2007 »
Thank you, IGI, for another entertaining problem.  Smiley
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« Reply #2305 on: 17:37:11, 21-06-2007 »
Hello all! Here's a quartet:

Bizet
Verdi
Puccini
Walton
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« Reply #2306 on: 15:11:12, 22-06-2007 »
We're looking for characters (both male and female) that share one connection (an object). Here are three more composers:

Berlioz
Gershwin
Gounod
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« Reply #2307 on: 16:23:18, 22-06-2007 »
A wild stab?!

Bizet - Carmen
Puccini - Scarpia
Verdi - Sparafucile
Walton - Cressida
Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini
Gershwin - Porgy
Gounod - Valentin
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« Reply #2308 on: 17:42:35, 22-06-2007 »
Hello, IGI!

Walton is correct.

The Bizet opera is correct, but it isn't the title role we're looking for (a minor female character).

The PORGY character is also female, but (again) not a title role!

The Puccini is a major mezzo role.

The Verdi is a comedy (a male role).

The Berlioz is more famous than CELLINI (a minor male character), and the Gounod less famous than FAUST (but a repertory opera, and the character is a male title role)!
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« Reply #2309 on: 19:03:34, 22-06-2007 »
Bizet - Manuelita
Porgy - Maria?
Verdi - Falstaff
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