Alphabet Associations - II

[subcontrabass]

If there are no takers, do I have to give the answer (and the coleslaw!) and set the next teaser?

No. You just wait patiently until Flay gets around to producing the third element (which I found the simplest).

[Pulcinella]

No. You just wait patiently until Flay gets around to producing the third element (which I found the simplest).

Thanks! I'm waiting.
Glad to discover that it's not been too much of a teaser.
:-)

[Flay]

Thanks! I'm waiting.
Glad to discover that it's not been too much of a teaser.
:-)

Well you'll have to wait until the morning! I'm off to bed now!

[Flay]

Maybe this will be an unanswered Question...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Maybe this will be an unanswered Question...

Well - an unfinished one, perhaps?

[Flay]

Well - an unfinished one, perhaps?

It may stay that way. We've had guests and Mrs Flay has been watching me like a hawk

Let me tell you what I have found, and somebody can help me with the easy bit:

I assumed it was In Questa reggia from Turandot and Questa o quella from Rigoletto.

But as for the ballet, I'm perplexed

And we're off to Leeds this afternoon looking for Mother of the Bride outfits <££££> then to see Così fan Tutte. It'll be a Rush

[vinteuil]

But as for the ballet, I'm perplexed

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000066HJH

[Flay]

http://youtu.be/BFmXV_fgn1E

[Flay]

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000066HJH

Never 'eard of it, m'lud. It wasn't on Wiki's list of ballets

So the last dreg of coleslaw licked form the pot is Quest!

phew

[Pulcinella]

Never 'eard of it, m'lud. It wasn't on Wiki's list of ballets

So the last dreg of coleslaw licked form the pot is Quest!

phew

Phew indeed.

The riddle setter is Turandot. She lives in questa reggia.
The undecided duke is Rigoletto. He ponders: Questa o quella?

So the word in common is questa.
By making a small adjustment (dropping the a) you get quest, and hence The Quest, by William Walton, our searching ballet.
As ferney said, the answer was in the question.
And also in my other hint.
Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole, from Boot's nature column in The Daily Beast, in Waugh's novel Scoop.

Too difficult, or just bad luck, if those who guessed/knew chose not to respond with their answer?
Who gets the r?
Hope the shopping trip is successful, Flay, and that you enjoy the opera too!

[subcontrabass]

The undecided duke is Rigoletto. He ponders: Questa o quella?

Rigoletto is not the duke: he is the duke's jester.

[Pulcinella]

Rigoletto is not the duke: he is the duke's jester.

Mea culpa!
Mea maxima culpa!

Of course Rigoletto is not the duke!

I fear I will have thrown people, so grovelling apologies for misleading anyone with my eponymous character comment.


Hanging head in shame and embarrassment emoticon!

[Flay]

Mea culpa!
Mea maxima culpa!

I fear I will have thrown people, so grovelling apologies for misleading anyone with my eponymous character comment.


Hanging head in shame and embarrassment emoticon!

Not at all. I got it just about, and I understood your clues. For some reason I just couldn't find the ballet! The other associators were awaiting my inspiration.

I'm working on an R

[Nick Armstrong]

both add a little something to a searching ballet.

By making a small adjustment (dropping the a) you get quest, and hence The Quest, by William Walton, our searching ballet.

I like the way your mind works, Mr P ... Very elegant. Had me silently puzzled for 2 days, but then seeing the solution, it's one of those

DOH! of course!

moments.

Ditto:

the answer is literally in the question

[Flay]

Mrs Flay has me Run Ragged.

Valentine's modest in Ireland.