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  • Nick Armstrong
    Host
    • Nov 2010
    • 26574

    "...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

      Leporello is a servant. Any use?

      "Anna's other half" = "Donna"??
      [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
        Leporello is a servant. Any use?

        "Anna's other half" = "Donna"??
        You're not wrong, but neither's relevant I'm afraid...
        "...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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        • Roslynmuse
          Full Member
          • Jun 2011
          • 1250

          South? (as in America - just looking at World Cup 1930)

          Or Soccer?

          Are we looking at Don Giovanni's Anna? In which case her other half would be Don Ottavio.

          The only word that comes to mind with Leporello is Catalogue...

          You're just out for vengeance!

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26574

            Originally posted by Roslynmuse View Post
            South? (as in America - just looking at World Cup 1930)

            Or Soccer?

            Are we looking at Don Giovanni's Anna? In which case her other half would be Don Ottavio.

            The only word that comes to mind with Leporello is Catalogue...

            You're just out for vengeance!
            Mwahahahahahah!

            The Anna is a real person. You're after her other half.

            The World Cup reference is to a place associated with her other half.

            The rôle of Leporello should give a further steer.
            "...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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            • Roslynmuse
              Full Member
              • Jun 2011
              • 1250

              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              So you say - don't tell me how easy it is - I've set what I thought were easy clues and they've taken a day or two to solve! As they say in the Dragon's Den - I'm out!
              Sorry, Cloughie; I just read the post of mine you quoted in 27590 and I realise that the emphasis of the wording made mine sound a rather impatient post - not what I intended.

              Apologies - have a

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              • cloughie
                Full Member
                • Dec 2011
                • 22189

                Originally posted by Roslynmuse View Post
                Sorry, Cloughie; I just read the post of mine you quoted in 27590 and I realise that the emphasis of the wording made mine sound a rather impatient post - not what I intended.

                Apologies - have a
                That's OK - I as rapidly coming to the conclusion that kingfishers were an endangered species -there were few about.

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                • antongould
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8833

                  Dare I have a Schrott?

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                  • Flay
                    Full Member
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 5795

                    Originally posted by antongould View Post
                    Dare I have a Schrott?
                    Very good, anton!

                    Maybe you could mount a video about the first World cup?
                    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                    • antongould
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8833

                      We shall see I fear the name may not be Gallic enough for Rumpole

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                      • Flay
                        Full Member
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 5795

                        Originally posted by antongould View Post
                        We shall see I fear the name may not be Gallic enough for Rumpole
                        No, it fits perfectly:



                        Wiki:
                        Erwin Schrott (born 21 December 1972 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an operatic bass-baritone, particularly known for his interpretation of the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni
                        But remember, you got there first!
                        Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                        • mercia
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8920

                          Originally posted by mercia View Post
                          there's an opera Alcyone by Marin Marais (1656 - 1728), the opera dates from 1706
                          I see that a bit of Marais's Alcione has made it's way onto today's breakfast programme. What a coincidence.

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                          • antongould
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8833

                            Originally posted by mercia View Post
                            I see that a bit of Marais's Alcione has made it's way onto today's breakfast programme. What a coincidence.

                            Good young SMP - am I allowed to say that here?
                            Phillip Glass too.......

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26574

                              Originally posted by antongould View Post
                              Dare I have a Schrott?
                              ... I fear the name may not be Gallic enough for Rumpole

                              Not Gallic, certainly but more than adequately Uruguayan

                              Bravo

                              Blimey - you were up early!! Had plenty of time to think of a hot, sweet T
                              Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 13-11-12, 09:00.
                              "...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
                                • 26574

                                Originally posted by Flay View Post
                                No, it fits perfectly
                                It does indeed.
                                Erwin Schrott born in Montevideo where all the games of the first World Cup were played
                                An operatic bass-baritone, who's been playing Leporello a lot
                                Other half of Anna Netrebko and father of her child
                                "...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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