Alphabet associations - I

[Don Petter]

Certainly AN answer, but not quite the one I had in mind!
I'll wait awhile before offering any clues....

At least it was musical.

[Norfolk Born]

Very true!
In the hope of moving things along: the events in question occurred in October 1737, December 1786 and November 1889.

[mercia]

well, Castor & Pollux premiered in October 1737
Strauss's Don Juan premiered in November 1889
The Marriage of Figaro had premiered in Vienna, June 1786 and in December opened in Prague ???
(all according to wikipedia, so probably not accurate)

[Norfolk Born]

Castor & Pollux were.....?

[mercia]

T-T-T-Twins

[mercia]

ah, Gli Equivoci (The Twins? - my Italian is non-existent) based on The Comedy of Errors, Stephen Storace (new to me) 27/12/1786 Vienna

[mercia]

..... and I'm guessing we might have twins in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers which opened on 7/12/1889

oops, we want November, not December

[Norfolk Born]

Spot on, mercia!
Three operas, premiered in the years in question, each featuring twins.
Over to 'U' (or 'V')

[mercia]

oh, was it The Gondoliers? who are the twins? Marco & Giuseppe? was it November 1889?

[Norfolk Born]

Marco and Giuseppe are indeed twin brothers and gondolieri. You're right, the first performance was in November (the 7th) 1889.

[amateur51]

Checking in for first time on a Blackberry from the wilds of Brittany (just prior to imminent boulangerie/patisserie visit!) to react to the S question with a and a

Star Trek - Chekhov - Three Sisters....

Bonne continuation, mes amis!!!

Ooooh full report about your boulangerie/patisserie visit svp, Caliban. With pix if your Blackthorn will oblige

As you can imagine I was totally lost with that last one, having one sister of my own which is quite enough, thanking you!

[mercia]

the first performance was in November (the 7th) 1889.

in which case wikipedia is wrong



a U to connect

Beethoven 9, a Diabelli Variation and Beckmesser

[Norfolk Born]

[QUOTE=mercia;98466]in which case wikipedia is wrong :yikes
Not for the first time, and probably not for the last - but fortunately it didn't throw you off the scent!

[vinteuil]

a U to connect

Beethoven 9, a Diabelli Variation and Beckmesser

... well, I bet they've all been called ungeheuer by someone at some stage!

[Norfolk Born]

..eine Meinung, die meinerseits unbestritten bleibt!