Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Then we get Avanti Urania! by Puccini

wow...

I regret being out since vindetable set his most elegant puzzle

[mercia]

I wonder who Dornika is

I wonder too

however Dornicka is the subject of Dvorak's The Golden Spinning Wheel

[vinteuil]

Could the American be James Lyon?

bravo!! .

Then we get Avanti Urania! by Puccini

bravissimo!!! .

... so Mercia gave us the breakthrough Uranus - Flay provided the other two thirds...

Who is it to V?

There's only one way to find out....

[Flay]

Thank you, Vinplonk. Does avanti urania mean stick your bum out?

I have a busy day ahead. Would mercs mind kindly setting a V as his reward for finding Uranus?

[mercia]

Would mercs mind kindly setting a V as his reward for finding Uranus?

only just seen this - will need a few minutes preparation

[mercia]

a V please to connect

the Misses Davies, Le Rochois, Tedesco and Fesch and Messrs Sousa and Reed


a first name or two are available on request

[Resurrection Man]

Might it be Venus?

Birth of Venus by Tedesco

Vénus et Adonis first performed with Le Rochois in 1697

Transit of Venus March by Sousa

Marie-Jeanne Fesch sang Venus in Les fêtes de Paphos

Lou Reed Venus in Furs?

Just Davies left ?

[mercia]

Might it be Venus?

Birth of Venus by Tedesco

Vénus et Adonis first performed with Le Rochois in 1697

Transit of Venus March by Sousa

Marie-Jeanne Fesch sang Vebus in Les fêtes de Paphos

indeed it might

I don't think your Tedesco is my Tedesco (who is another singer)

[fetes de paphos included for caliban]

[Resurrection Man]

Fortunata Tedesco sang Venus (Tannhauser) in the premiere.

[mercia]

Fortunata Tedesco sang Venus (Tannhauser) in the premiere.

(the revised version) - just noticed Lou Reed addition

can we find Miss (Mary) Davies ?

[mercia]

you have worked wonderfully hard - have a well-deserved W

Mary/Moll Davies - the first Venus in Blow's Venus & Adonis

[amateur51]

coo! - well done RM & mercs

[Resurrection Man]

I thank yew..I thank yew.....purely a serendipitous Google....I initially went after Venice!

A W, please, to link Brünnhilde, Wotan, Siegfried and Oberon

[mercia]

should I tidy up

the first performers of Venus in Blow's Venus & Adonis, Desmarets Venus & Adonis, Mondonville's Les Fetes de Paphos and Tannhauser
Lou Reed's Venus in Furs and Sousa's Transit in Venus March

[Resurrection Man]

should I tidy up

the first performers of Venus in Blow's Venus & Adonis, Desmarets Venus & Adonis, Mondonville's Les Fetes de Paphos and Tannhauser
Lou Reed's Venus in Furs and Sousa's Transit in Venus March

Nice, elegant clue, Mercs.