Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

'otter

ouch !!

[subcontrabass]

See if you can do this one in less than 24 hours (we have got through two whole letters in the last two days):

What N links an operatic tenor, his son, an operatic baritone, and a librettist for, amongst others, Kurt Weill?

[Norfolk Born]

Nash? Ogden did a libretto for Weill, and then there was Heddle ....

[Norfolk Born]

Heddle Nash (a tenor) was the father of John Heddle Nash (a baritone).

[subcontrabass]

Heddle Nash (a tenor) was the father of John Heddle Nash (a baritone).

Well done. That is all three. Heddle Nash was one of my father's favourite singers, and my father could identify his voice whenever he heard it on the radio. The son had a very similar sound in a slightly lower register.

O to be born in Norfolk?

[Norfolk Born]

There are many worse places to be born!
Which O links Henry Purcell, Richard Rodgers and Antonio Carlos Jobim?

[Don Petter]

What N links an operatic tenor, his son, an operatic baritone, and a librettist for, amongst others, Kurt Weill?

I immediately thought of Heddle Nash (easy to say after the event!), but forgot about his son. I was also looking for four N's (tenor, son, baritone, librettist) - was anyone else misled?

Anyway I wouldn't have time to set a poser, as I'm off for a week in Venice right now - yippee!

[Norfolk Born]

I wasn't misled: I was looking for (1) an operatic tenor, (2) his son, (who was) an operatic baritone, and (3) a librettist for Kurt Weill.
Enjoy Venice!

[Nick Armstrong]

I immediately thought of Heddle Nash (easy to say after the event!), but forgot about his son. I was also looking for four N's (tenor, son, baritone, librettist) - was anyone else misled?

Anyway I wouldn't have time to set a poser, as I'm off for a week in Venice right now - yippee!

Just catching up after being out till late yesterday - I would have been looking for 4 N's too Don, I was just thinking 'hold on, why are we on to O, there are 2 Ns left to get...' So were there only two answers to N? .....Ah no! Just saw NBs fleeting reference to Ogden as the librettist.

Don, you don't half get around, don't you?! You really off to Venice shortly?

I really need some of the coffee you're going to be enjoying among other things.

Buon viaggio !

[Flay]

Hmm, N was ambiguous wasn't it? Too many commas! Not to worry, N will soon come round again at this rate.

Just listening to "The Girl from Ipanema." I wonder who she was?

[Flay]

A Clockwork Orange?

[Flay]

Forgive my premature ejaculation, I have only worked out one of the clues so far: title music from a Clockwork Orange - from Henry Purcell's Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary

[mercia]

Henry Purcell

does it have to be specifically Henry?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purcell,_Oklahoma

[Flay]

Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos ) wrote some of the soundtrack - but that is not a very close connection to Antonio Carlos Jobim

[Norfolk Born]

does it have to be specifically Henry?

Yes.