Alphabet associations - I

[antongould]

2 correct answers with 6 minutes has to be a record or close thereto - I think Norfolk M got it in a photo finish!

[Norfolk Born]

Thank you!
Which 'M' of uncertain age (and morals) went on to occupy the stage for 501 performances, and subsequently enjoyed 5-week runs on both sides of The Pond?

[cloughie]

Thank you!
Which 'M' of uncertain age (and morals) went on to occupy the stage for 501 performances, and subsequently enjoyed 5-week runs on both sides of The Pond?

Is the M a work, a character(role) or a person?

[vinteuil]

Makropoulos?

[Norfolk Born]

Cloughie: Well...all three, really. Basically, you're looking for a name.
Vinteul: afraid not (although I can, as they say, see where you're coming from).

[cloughie]

Cloughie: Well...all three, really. Basically, you're looking for a name.
Vinteul: afraid not (although I can, as they say, see where you're coming from).

So is it the same name for the work, the character and the person taking the role?

[subcontrabass]

Thank you!
Which 'M' of uncertain age (and morals) went on to occupy the stage for 501 performances, and subsequently enjoyed 5-week runs on both sides of The Pond?

Maggie May

[Norfolk Born]

Correct! Would you care to elaborate before proceeding to set us an 'N'?

[subcontrabass]

Correct! Would you care to elaborate before proceeding to set us an 'N'?

Maggie May:

(1) a prostitute who robbed a sailor, the subject of a traditional Liverpool song;
(2) the musical by Lionel Bart had 501 performances;
(3) the song by Rod Stewart had five-week runs as "number one" in both UK and USA in October 1971.

[subcontrabass]

An N to link:

(1) a Roman composer and singer;
(2) a Venetian opera;
(3) a French opera by a Russian composer first performed in German.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

An N to link:

(1) a Roman composer and singer;
(2) a Venetian opera;
(3) a French opera by a Russian composer first performed in German.

Nero?

[subcontrabass]

Nero?

Details?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Details?

Well, the Roman Emporer Nero was a composer and singer whose skills were highly valued*.
Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea

... and ...

... well, initially I was thinking of Peter Ustinov (who played Nero in two films) but when I "looked him up" he doesn't "fit". Nor does Arthur Lourie ... so I'm out on a limb with this one.

(* = By those who wanted to maintain a healthy lifestyle!)

Have to go out now 'til about 4:30, so if anyone else can contribute, please do so!

[subcontrabass]

Well, the Roman Emporer Nero was a composer and singer whose skills were highly valued*.
Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea

... and ...

... well, initially I was thinking of Peter Ustinov (who played Nero in two films) but when I "looked him up" he doesn't "fit". Nor does Arthur Lourie ... so I'm out on a limb with this one.

(* = By those who wanted to maintain a healthy lifestyle!)

Have to go out now 'til about 4:30, so if anyone else can contribute, please do so!

Two out of three. The third should now be straightforward.

[mercia]

The third should now be straightforward.

trying to be helpful, though I'm sure it's not needed

Anton Rubinstein's Neron, premiered in Hamburg in German, with a later Russian premiere in Italian.

great quote from Tchaikovsky

The reason I play this loathsome thing is the consciousness of my own superiority - and that keeps up my strength. You think you are writing abominably, but then you look at this drivel which people have performed in all seriousness, and your soul feels lighter