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  • mercia
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 8920

    I guess we're thinking of Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr Ripley

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26574

      Originally posted by mercia View Post
      I guess we're thinking of Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr Ripley
      Quite right

      So pursuant to AL:

      Gabriel Yared wrote the scores for
      Troy
      Talented Mr Ripley (the conman)
      Cold Mountain.

      How do you feel about setting a question...? I guess it's X, Z ... or A...
      "...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

        a Z to connect

        a lieutenant on the USS 16th President, the Verona Arena, and the discovery of a soprano from Draguignan

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26574

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          a Z to connect

          a lieutenant on the USS 16th President, the Verona Arena, and the discovery of a soprano from Draguignan
          Ah! We are plundering the riches of early 20th century opera these days, aren't we my dear mercia...

          The link here for me is Draguignan where I've stayed a couple of times, and knew was the birthplace of Lili Pons thanks to a music-mad dining companion down there. And so we find (amid many discoveries about her in the last few minutes - I had no idea about her career as an advertising model, nor the Gershwin connection) that she was discovered by the dashing Giovanni Zenatello... Our Z I think, who also

          - created the role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (he being a Lieutenant aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln)
          - was instrumental in turning the Arena in Verona into an operatic venue...
          "...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
            Ah! We are plundering the riches of early 20th century opera these days
            ouch! I've been found out - a few useful Zs in the world of opera

            indeed absolutely correct in all particulars

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26574

              Originally posted by mercia View Post
              ouch! I've been found out - a few useful Zs in the world of opera

              indeed absolutely correct in all particulars


              An A please which connects an 18th century Idomenée, a 20th century Medée and a synesthetic pianist who has a passion for wolves.
              "...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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              • Norfolk Born

                Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                Ah! We are plundering the riches of early 20th century opera these days, aren't we my dear mercia...

                The link here for me is Draguignan where I've stayed a couple of times, and knew was the birthplace of Lili Pons thanks to a music-mad dining companion down there. And so we find (amid many discoveries about her in the last few minutes - I had no idea about her career as an advertising model, nor the Gershwin connection) that she was discovered by the dashing Giovanni Zenatello... Our Z I think, who also

                - created the role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (he being a Lieutenant aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln)
                - was instrumental in turning the Arena in Verona into an operatic venue...
                Well done Rumpole! I was just finishing off my research when you posted.

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                • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                  Gone fishin'
                  • Sep 2011
                  • 30163

                  Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
                  Well done Rumpole! I was just finishing off my research when you posted.
                  Ahead of me, Norf's: I was still trying to find a work by Morton Feldman with "West" in the title!
                  [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26574

                    Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                    Ahead of me, Norf's: I was still trying to find a work by Morton Feldman with "West" in the title!
                    Lucky you remembered the West theme. I still can't believe I spent time thinking of an N last night to follow M for Morton....



                    Mind you, watch out whoever sets M... I'll be gunning the mental throttle so I can use my ish N...

                    Mwaaah-ha-ha-ha!!!

                    (I've actually emailed it to myself as a reminder! )
                    Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 23-05-12, 14:10.
                    "...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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                    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                      Gone fishin'
                      • Sep 2011
                      • 30163

                      Is the synaesthetic lupy pianist Tori Amos?
                      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26574

                        Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                        Is the synaesthetic lupy pianist Tori Amos?
                        No... the A is not the initial of any names involved - merely of the connecting element
                        "...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
                          a synesthetic pianist who has a passion for wolves.
                          I tink Ms Grimaud may fit that rather exclusive category

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26574

                            Originally posted by mercia View Post
                            I tink
                            I tink so too, bejabers!
                            "...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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                            • cloughie
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 22183

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              I tink so too, bejabers!
                              I'd got there as well.

                              Cherubini fits the Medee but no A sign!

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                              • cloughie
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2011
                                • 22183

                                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                                I'd got there as well.

                                Cherubini fits the Medee but no A sign!
                                Just thought they're not all Aquarians are they?

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