Alphabet associations - I

[vinteuil]

he'd gone to bed. It had occured to me the answer might be gun (honest) but my downfall was relying on wikipedia that states that Riccardo dies as the result of a stabbing. [EDIT - my Penguin guide to opera says the same thing]

... well I confess I only looked at Kobbé which says: ' "And thus receive thou my farewell!" exclaims Renato shooting him in the back' - and in its synopsis: 'A shot rings out, Riccardo fall into the arms of Oscar... '

But looking now at the sleeve-notes to the Philips Colin Davis CD I see it says "stabs him in the back"...


I am all confusion! Are there any Verdians out there who can shed light on this? It is certainly the case that the event on which it was ultimately based was with a gun - on 16 March 1792 Gustavus III was shot in the back at a masked ball at Stockholm.

Apologies if this caused undue stress

[mercia]

morning vinteuil. I think Kobbe is more likely to be correct.

[mercia]

Reiner

Fritz?

[mercia]

a Metropolitan first

a singer's debut?

[mercia]

something silly

the "What are you listening to now?" thread?

[Norfolk Born]

Hun?
(Well, at least it rhymes with 'gun' )

[Dave2002]

Fritz?

Go for the jugular, eh! No, actually.

[Nick Armstrong]

... well I confess I only looked at Kobbé which says: ' "And thus receive thou my farewell!" exclaims Renato shooting him in the back' - and in its synopsis: 'A shot rings out, Riccardo fall into the arms of Oscar... '

But looking now at the sleeve-notes to the Philips Colin Davis CD I see it says "stabs him in the back"...


I am all confusion! Are there any Verdians out there who can shed light on this? It is certainly the case that the event on which it was ultimately based was with a gun - on 16 March 1792 Gustavus III was shot in the back at a masked ball at Stockholm.

Apologies if this caused undue stress

[Dave2002]

a singer's debut?

Not that either, I'm afraid.

[mercia]

I don't know any other Reiners - what line of business is he/she in?

[amateur51]

I don't know any other Reiners - what line of business is he/she in?

Carl Reiner, American comedy writer?

[Tapiola]

The only other Reiner I can think of is Reiner Torheit (aka Al R Gando), in which case the H could stand for "Hair-trigger".

[Anna]

Composers Karel or Thomas?

[Dave2002]

I don't know any other Reiners - what line of business is he/she in?

Films, maybe.

[Dave2002]

Composers Karel or Thomas?

Sorry, neither of those, though the H was.