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  • amateur51

    Originally posted by mercia View Post
    Max in Der Freischutz?
    Ber-ber-Bingo young mercia! Great stuff!

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    • mercia
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 8920

      well I don't think we're looking for a particular singer because these are not all tenor or all baritone or all bass roles

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      • Norfolk Born

        Giraldone?

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        • vinteuil
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 12801

          Originally posted by Ofcachap View Post
          Giraldone?
          who she?

          Think more in terms of the story, the plot...

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          • Norfolk Born

            Sorry, my brain's starting to hurt. I shall relax by watching one episode each of 'Will and Grace' and 'Poirot'.
            (Is it my imagination, or have most of the recent questions on this thread been unenjoyably difficult?)

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            • antongould
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 8782

              Totally stumped but then it's bleeding opera isn't it? Where is mercia when needed!?

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              • Dave2002
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 18010

                Probably gun.

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26527

                  Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                  who she?

                  Think more in terms of the story, the plot...
                  Been puzzling quietly and sneaking looks at wiki all afternoon....

                  But it's a case of:




                  or more like:
                  "...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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                  • vinteuil
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 12801

                    Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                    Probably gun.
                    And Dave romps home!

                    Yes, a gun being a key element in la Forza del Destino, where don Alvaro accidentally shoots the Marchese di Calatrava; in Un Ballo in Maschera, where Renato [Anckarstroem] shoots Riccardo Count of Warwick, Governor of Boston [Gustavus III] at the ball; and of course in der Freischutz...

                    looking forward to Dave's H ...

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26527

                      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                      well thank you, and a nod of appreciation to the Calib-man who did all the work really...

                      an easy peasy G for today -


                      ... a G which connects Alvaro, Renato, and Max?
                      I failed to deny your generous compliment - I finished what you had begun.

                      Last thought for today: G for Gypsy? There seem to be references to various gypsies floating around in Ballo in Maschera, Forza del Destino... and there's spells, magic & what-not afoot in Freischütz...


                      EDIT: B*ll*cks. Nifty cross-posting by Dave. Ho-hum.
                      "...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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                      • Dave2002
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 18010

                        Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                        And Dave romps home!

                        Yes, a gun being a key element in la Forza del Destino, where don Alvaro accidentally shoots the Marchese di Calatrava; in Un Ballo in Maschera, where Renato [Anckarstroem] shoots Riccardo Count of Warwick, Governor of Boston [Gustavus III] at the ball; and of course in der Freischutz...

                        looking forward to Dave's H ...
                        Thanks. I did have the answers, but you filled them in for me anyway.

                        I think the H will have to wait until tomorrow now. Sleep tight guys.

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                        • Anna

                          Oh, I thought the Max might be Maretzek and the G could be Graziani. Oh well, glad I kept quiet now!! Well done Dave.

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26527

                            Originally posted by Anna View Post
                            Oh, I thought the Max might be Maretzek and the G could be Graziani. Oh well, glad I kept quiet now!! Well done Dave.
                            Wish I had Anna

                            As my grandpa used to say: "Better keep your mouth shut and have folk think you a fool, than open it and remove all doubt..."

                            Never mind! It was indeed easy peasy in terms of simplicity, I think we were all thinking too hard! Good one vin santo.
                            "...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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                            • Dave2002
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 18010

                              H

                              What H has connections with Reiner, a Metropolitan first, and something silly?

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                              • mercia
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8920

                                Where is mercia
                                he'd gone to bed. It had occured to me the answer might be gun (honest) but my downfall was relying on wikipedia which states that Riccardo dies as the result of a stabbing. [EDIT - my Penguin guide to opera says the same thing]
                                Last edited by mercia; 06-10-11, 07:33. Reason: bad grammar

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