Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Racine?

Mais non, désolé...

Mercia correctly points out that you're looking for one of Fauré's friends. As an extra hint, the first two are composers (the second is a performer as well).

[Nick Armstrong]

Further clue?

The third element is the title character of an opera.

[mercia]

I'm wading my way through a synopsis of Pelleas & Melisande, but I think the shepherd is fairly incidental

Aminta the shepherd loves Elisa in Il re pastore

Shepherd boy in Tosca

a significant shepherd in King Roger

[Nick Armstrong]

I'm wading my way through a synopsis of Pelleas & Melisande, but I think the shepherd is fairly incidental

Nope... it's an R title character you're after. The opera in question is later than Pelleas.

[subcontrabass]

From mercia's suggestion of King Roger Google leads me to:

Jean Roger-Ducasse

Roger Paul Mason

and

King Roger

[mercia]

well done SCB - that seems to tick all the boxes

[Nick Armstrong]

Nice one mercia - "King Roger" it was (the king, married to Roxana, falls for a shepherd boy who turns into Dionysus, if I recall correctly).

And yes scb - Roger-Ducasse was the composer who was Fauré's pal.

Your R.P.Mason Esq. seems to fit too - not that I had ever heard of him

I was thinking of Roger Waters who largely wrote Pink Floyd's 'mural' epic The Wall (gettit?)

I suggest honours are even between scb and mercia and whichever fancies the S should go for it!

[mercia]

go for it SCB - my brain is in terminal shut-down

good nigh ..........zzzzzzzzzzzzzz ..............

[amateur51]

Bravo scb, mercia and Caliban!

Where's the pork pie icon? I know that Caliban's keen on them

[subcontrabass]

I suggest honours are even between scb and mercia and whichever fancies the S should go for it!

I think the honours go to mercia and Google, and, in any case, I shall not be able to set an S until tomorrow afternoon, so I leave this one to mercia.

[Nick Armstrong]

Ah... It seems scb and mercia have simultaneously retired to bed (the libel lawyer side of me imagines a completely groundless tabloid article based on that coincidence .... )

Shall we leave it and mercia can give us a Sunday morning special...



I must get out of this tabloid mind set...

Did somebody say "pork pie" ??

[Flay]

Don't talk to me about pies...

[Nick Armstrong]

Don't talk to me about pies...

Aww

[mercia]

I wonder if m'learned friend will need google to solve this not very interesting poser



an S to connect

a Sharpe composer, Unknown Ground, and a favoured Pilgrim

[Norfolk Born]

Southampton?