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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26575

    Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
    So: joint honours to Cali (who got to George and PMD) and mercia (who got the rest): shall we draw lots (or just a few?)
    Just leaving for an hour or two so mercia, if you are in the mood, please give in to it !!
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • mercia
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 8920

      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      this Festival whatsit was by Berkeley to a thing called The Flower by G Herbert, was it?
      you got it !


      an H to literarily connect an overture by Felix and two operas by Giuseppe
      Last edited by mercia; 15-04-12, 12:51. Reason: incorrect use of word

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      • vinteuil
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 12940

        Originally posted by mercia View Post
        you got it !


        operas by Giuseppe
        ... not forgetting Gaetano and Amilcare

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        • mercia
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 8920

          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
          ... not forgetting Gaetano and Amilcare
          indeed, thanks for improving the question for me

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22199

            Originally posted by mercia View Post
            you got it !


            an H to literarily connect an overture by Felix and two operas by Giuseppe
            Helena

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            • mercia
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 8920

              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              Helena
              "not on the card"
              I'm after an author

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26575

                Originally posted by mercia View Post
                "not on the card"
                I'm after an author
                Is it not HUGO Victor?

                Ruy Blas - Mendelssohn
                Rigoletto and Ernani - Verdi (and apparently Falstaff too was derived from Hugo's translation of 'Merry Wives of Windsor')

                (Which Helena did you have in mind, Cloughie?
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • Flay
                  Full Member
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 5795

                  Hello again. Hours?
                  Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                  • mercia
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 8920

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    apparently Falstaff too was derived from Hugo's translation of 'Merry Wives of Windsor'
                    didn't know that, I do now
                    yep, Hugo's the geezer - I don't think this needs any further tidying does it ??

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26575

                      Originally posted by Flay View Post
                      Hello again. Hours?
                      Huh?

                      And Hello

                      Have you returned from Glasgow, or are you still there?
                      "...the isle is full of noises,
                      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                      • vinteuil
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 12940

                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                        Is it not HUGO Victor?

                        Ruy Blas - Mendelssohn
                        Rigoletto and Ernani - Verdi (and apparently Falstaff too was derived from Hugo's translation of 'Merry Wives of Windsor')
                        ... and Donizetti Lucrezia Borgia - and Ponchielli la Gioconda

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                        • Flay
                          Full Member
                          • Mar 2007
                          • 5795

                          I had Arrigo Boito as in La Gioconda etc, but never mind

                          On train at the mo. The Mrs and co. want to play cards So must go....
                          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26575

                            Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                            ... and Donizetti Lucrezia Borgia - and Ponchielli la Gioconda

                            Yes, you've been performing silent passe-pieds round the mulberry bush since 2pm, haven't you, plainly knowing the answer already... Didn't feel playful, vinjaune? Only just had a look - been listening to Krips's Mozart, me

                            No further tidying required, mercs, methinks.

                            I have to do the necessary now, I think?
                            "...the isle is full of noises,
                            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26575

                              Originally posted by Flay View Post

                              On train at the mo. The Mrs and co. want to play cards So must go....
                              L'enfer, c'est les autres...
                              "...the isle is full of noises,
                              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                              • Nick Armstrong
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26575

                                Here you go:

                                A musical I to unite Armenia, Turkey and a mountain range straddling Europe and Asia...
                                "...the isle is full of noises,
                                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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