Alphabet associations - I

[Resurrection Man]

I Haffner clue

Nothing to do with Haffner.....but three of the letters might help give a clue

[mercia]

Wolfgang Windgassen debuted in Parsifal in 1951

there's an a, r and f in Parsifal

Giuseppe Taccani ? Giuseppe Borgatti ?

phew, this is hard work

[Nick Armstrong]

Nothing to do with Haffner.....but three of the letters might help give a clue

Hard work indeed mercs!!

Not many Johannes around, I've found in my digging

Let's see how Mr Windgassen fares...

[Flay]

I tried Parsifal but gave up

[mercia]

Johannes Sembach ?

http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=58110&limit=2500&xBranch=ALL&xsdate=&xedate=&theterm=Braun,%20Carl%20%5BBass%5D&x=0&xhomepath=&xhome=

[Resurrection Man]

Johannes Sembach ?
http://archives.metoperafamily.org/a...mepath=&xhome=

Perfect, mercs, on every count. Well done.

[Flay]

Aha! Parsifal debut at the Met 1914.....Johannes Sembach!!!

Giuseppe Borgatti appeared in the Italian premiere of Parsifal in 1914

EDIT: Pipped by mercia! <phew>

[mercia]

is RM exacting some revenge for a past insult ?

[if so, I apologise]

[mercia]

I couldn't impose on doctor flay to set a question, could I ? [have we finished P ? ]

if not, I shall think [may be some time though ] - Mr Gove wouldn't be impressed by all this googling would he - no substitute for a proper education

[Resurrection Man]

is RM exacting some revenge for a past insult ?

[if so, I apologise]

No insult at all...but I do admit to supplying the misdirection which hopefully sent all up the garden path looking at Mozart, Verdi and Brahms !

[Nick Armstrong]

No insult at all...but I do admit to supplying the misdirection which hopefully sent all up the garden path looking at Mozart, Verdi and Brahms !

Yes and an overgrown path it was too!! I was looking at Requiems

Then suffered a blow when I discovered Wolfgang Rihm wasn't born till 1952

Another nice testing puzzle and characteristically awesome performance from mercia in solving!

[mercia]

I've thought of one


what Q was

an early occupier of chair number 29, and dealt operatically with the son of Agenor and (perhaps) the River Thames, as it flows through Oxford

[vinteuil]

... despite your Oxford allusion, I bet our francophile Caliban will get this

[mercia]

wouldn't our francophile vinteuil like to get it ?

[Flay]

wouldn't our francophile vinteuil like to get it ?

All these French Academics around, and no solution yet?