Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

Ovid's Metamorphoses has been adapted by Mary Zimmerman, who was also director and co-librettist of Glass's Galileo Galilei

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Are some Bankers involved in this I wonder? Off now btw!

In a gnomic sort of way, yes.

(Perhaps the clue would've been more accurate if it had read "Lul" instead of "Lulu"? )

[Nick Armstrong]

Galileo Metamorphoses into Lulu. At which Z?

Mary Zimmerman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Zimmerman has co-written the libretto to Glass's opera Galileo and an adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Can't find any Lulu link yet though.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ovid's Metamorphoses has been adapted by Mary Zimmerman

No. The Z is not a composer.

[Nick Armstrong]

No. The Z is not a composer.

Nor is Mary Zimmerman

Hi mercia!! Digging in the same tunnel as each other, I see!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Nor is Mary Zimmerman

Oh! I thought this was Roberta Dylan before the name change?

[Nick Armstrong]

Oh! I thought this was Roberta Dylan before the name change?

You're going to have to explain that....

Or is it a cryptic clue?

I guess the latter on reflection (whilst typing)

Just thinking aloud. I really must try and recapture my inner monologue....

[mercia]

google tells me that Lul is germanic for wheel and is the derivation of Yule
or London Underground Ltd.
[btw Bob Dylan = Robert Zimmerman]

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Of the offerings so far, Anna's #22965 has been warmest.

[mercia]

Lulu was first performed unfinished [Lul !] in Zurich

[Nick Armstrong]

Of the offerings so far, Anna's #22965 has been warmest.

She's such a clever-clogs

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Lulu was first performed unfinished [Lul !] in Zurich

... as were ...

[mercia]

...... Brecht's Galileo Galilei ............

[mercia]

.......... and Strauss's Metamorphosen conducted by the dedicatee Paul Sacher

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

...... Brecht's Galileo Galilei ............

(did he do the Fandango?)

... and ...