Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

I think the Hampton may be Richard (and the Mcgonagall - Minerva)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Are we talking about Rossini, Lionel and Verdi?

Yes; No; Yes.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I think the Hampton may be Richard (and the Mcgonagall - Minerva)

- indeed so.

[mercia]

Desdemona

Minerva Mcgonagall aka Dame Maggie Smith, Desdemona in the 1965 film of Othello (and a stage production?), music by Richard Hampton (leastways that's the only Hampton I kind find)
Rossini's Otello, Giuditta Pasta was Desdemona in an 1823 Paris production
Verdi's Otello, Romilda Pantaleoni was the first Desdemona

[cloughie]

Desdemona

Minerva Mcgonagall aka Dame Maggie Smith, Desdemona in the 1965 film of Othello (and a stage production?), music by Richard Hampton (leastways that's the only Hampton I kind find)
Rossini's Otello, Giuditta Pasta was Desdemona in an 1823 Paris production
Verdi's Otello, Romilda Pantaleoni was the first Desdemona

Desdemona just because
You're the daughter of a man
He may be rich he's in a ditch
He does not understand
Just how to move or rock and roll
To the conventions of the young
Desdemona, Desdemona,
Desdemona Desdemona,
Desdemona, Desdemona
Lift up your skirt and fly.
Just because my friend and I
Got a jute joint by the Seine
Does not mean I'm past fourteen
And cannot play the game
I'm glad I split and got a pad
On Boulevard Rue Fourteen
Desdemona, Desdemona,
Desdemona Desdemona,
Desdemona, Desdemona
Lift Up your skirt and fly.
Just because Toulouse Lautrec
Painted some chick in the rude
Doesn't give you the right
To steal my night
And leave me naked in the nude
Well just because the touch of your hand
Can turn me on just like a stick.
Desdemona, Desdemona,
Desdemona Desdemona,
Desdemona, Desdemona
Lift up your skirt and speak.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Desdemona

Minerva Mcgonagall aka Dame Maggie Smith, Desdemona in the 1965 film of Othello (and a stage production?), music by Richard Hampton (leastways that's the only Hampton I kind find)
Rossini's Otello, Giuditta Pasta was Desdemona in an 1823 Paris production
Verdi's Otello, Romilda Pantaleoni was the first Desdemona

A perfect answer with all the coleslaw. (Mr Hampton was a new name to me - I'd presumed "Shakespeare" + "Film" + "Olivier" must = "Walton", but, as you say, it was a film of the National Theatre stage production so they kept to that budget! (Frank Findlay a superb Iago, too!)

Looking forward to your E-mail, mercs

[mercia]

sorry, not very inspired here

E to connect

a (Russian) sixth symphony, a final string quartet, 'Take Five'

[cloughie]

sorry, not very inspired here

E to connect

a (Russian) sixth symphony, a final string quartet, 'Take Five'

Eugene?

[mercia]

Eugene?

not on the card I'm afraid. The answer is not a person's name. (The string quartet is Russian too)

[cloughie]

not on the card I'm afraid. The answer is not a person's name. (The string quartet is Russian too)

Eb

[mercia]

Eb

well done. E flat minor. Prokofiev's Symphony 6, Shostakovich Quartet 15 and Take Five - according to wikipedia

your turn

[cloughie]

well done. E flat minor. Prokofiev's Symphony 6, Shostakovich Quartet 15 and Take Five - according to wikipedia

your turn

An F to link Pedro, Vania and Steph's Dad.

[hedgehog]

An F to link Pedro, Vania and Steph's Dad.

Is Vania a male or female?

[antongould]

Fantasy?

[cloughie]

Fantasy?

nope