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« Reply #720 on: 16:12:46, 28-07-2008 » |
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There's the fabulous spiked lemonade in Albert Herring... and its musical source, the love potion in Tristan und Isolde. And don't Luisa Miller and her beloved Rodolfo die from poisoned lemonade too?
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« Reply #721 on: 16:19:10, 28-07-2008 » |
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And don't Luisa Miller and her beloved Rodolfo die from poisoned lemonade too?
I don't know whether the drink's specified; in the libretto, Rodolfo claims "this draught is bitter"...one assumes he didn't mean   At which party is coffee and hot chocolate served? (Mozart...and it's a wedding party) Who sings about the joys of sparkling wine, bubbling in the glass? Who sings at an inn, beneath the sign of Bacchus sitting astride a barrel, about the joys of beer or wine 'may my glass ever be full'? Where is wine from Syracuse served to deadly effect? Time for a cuppa....back later! |
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« Reply #722 on: 17:25:32, 28-07-2008 » |
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« Reply #723 on: 17:26:25, 28-07-2008 » |
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I don't know - but Ernani certainly does. Well, actually they're brigands on that occasion, rather than soldiers.
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« Reply #724 on: 19:09:35, 28-07-2008 » |
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At which party is coffee and hot chocolate served? (Mozart...and it's a wedding party) At the one Don G gives supposedly for Zerlina and Masetto's wedding? |
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« Reply #725 on: 08:35:31, 29-07-2008 » |
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At which party is coffee and hot chocolate served? (Mozart...and it's a wedding party) At the one Don G gives supposedly for Zerlina and Masetto's wedding? Yes, indeed, harpy. Who sings about the joys of sparkling wine, bubbling in the glass? Who sings at an inn, beneath the sign of Bacchus sitting astride a barrel, about the joys of beer or wine 'may my glass ever be full'? Where is wine from Syracuse served to deadly effect? |
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« Reply #726 on: 09:35:44, 29-07-2008 » |
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Papageno is forever fretting about food and drink. He gets water instead of wine for telling horrendous porkies about who killed the monster, manages not to speak to Pamina by virtue of having a mouthful of food and drink, and is revived enough by a bottle of red wine provided by the Speaker to play his bells. I'm stuck on IGI's actual questions though  Time for a cuppa....back later!
Sounds like a great idea! Tea, please. Milk, no sugar. |
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« Reply #727 on: 09:46:58, 29-07-2008 » |
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I thought the wine of Syracuse with deadly effect might be the final scene of Lucrezia Borgia, as she has put something nasty in the plonk. But no, although I can't say I'm impressed by the sommelier's choice (Madeira before supper, Liebfraumilch and Commanderia, IIANM):
LIVORETTO
Viva il Madera! viva! viva!
VITELLOZZO
Evviva il Reno che scalda e avviva!
GAZELLA
Dei vini il Cipro ? re.
PETRUCCI
I vini, per mia f?, son tutti buoni.
LIVORETTO
Viva il Madera!
PETRUCCI E GAZELLA
Viva, viva!
VITELLOZZO
Viva il Reno!
GAZELLA
Il Cipro.
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« Reply #728 on: 10:07:53, 29-07-2008 » |
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It was Lucrezia Borgia I had in mind - in my libretto it states the wine is from Syracuse. The brindisi to sparkling wine is in a verismo opera, whilst the song praising wine or beer is French. |
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« Reply #729 on: 10:11:42, 29-07-2008 » |
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whilst the song praising wine or beer is French. Ah. Mephistopheles in Gounod's Faust. I was thinking that was going to come in at some point. |
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« Reply #730 on: 10:31:54, 29-07-2008 » |
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The brindisi to sparkling wine is in a verismo opera,
This what you had in mind, IGI? TURIDDU
Intanto amici, qua,
Beviamone un bicchiere.
Viva il vino spumeggiante
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« Reply #731 on: 11:53:04, 29-07-2008 » |
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Have we finished with drinking yet? Apologies if not!
But how about journeys? Have we had that before?
A journey by train.
A journey by boat.
A journey by plane.
And of course a zillion journeys on foot...
...plus notable arrivals and departures, farewells and greetings.
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« Reply #732 on: 11:56:15, 29-07-2008 » |
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By boat, The Death of Klinghoffer.
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« Reply #733 on: 12:00:11, 29-07-2008 » |
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Indeed, BZ! Any others?
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« Reply #734 on: 12:02:10, 29-07-2008 » |
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By plane... well, I can think of an arrival by plane (Nixon in China) and a long-awaited Flight which presumably eventually takes place after the final curtain, but I can't think of an actual operatic plane journey.
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