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    Originally posted by mercia View Post
    Thus spake Zoroaster

    1896 Frankfurt premiere
    still catching up with the 1920s recording
    1944 - Hi-Fi recording

    not sure of the bouquet & Austrian currency references
    Zoroaster (Zarathustra) is the answer. The names of the two conductors, when translated into English, give you a bouquet (or an ostrich, which is somewhat less appropriate) and what Austrians used to spend before they went over to the euro.

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      OK so Strauss means either ostrich or bouquet
      did Max Von Schillings record it ? not sure as yet

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        Yes, according to Wiki (yes, I know....) Max von Schillings recorded it in 1924 or possibly 1925. He might have been paid in the old Austrian currency, and Richard Strauß might have been presented with a Strauß (bouquet - or ostrich) at the premiere or when he made an experimental hifi recording in 1944.
        Your 'A', I think!

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          Originally posted by Northender View Post
          Yes, according to Wiki (yes, I know....) Max von Schillings recorded it in 1924 or possibly 1925. He might have been paid in the old Austrian currency, and Richard Strauß might have been presented with a Strauß (bouquet - or ostrich) at the premiere or when he made an experimental hifi recording in 1944.
          Your 'A', I think!
          lots of interesting information

          oh dear, me again. I must find something more useful to do.



          A connecting

          slave song variations, a Pulitzer prizewinner and a sixtieth symphony

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            Originally posted by mercia View Post
            lots of interesting information

            oh dear, me again. I must find something more useful to do.



            A connecting

            slave song variations, a Pulitzer prizewinner and a sixtieth symphony
            Appalachia(n):

            Delius: Appalachia (Variations on an old slave song)
            Copland: Appalachian Spring (Pulitzer Prize for music 1945)
            Hovhaness: Symphony No. 60 "To the Appalachian Mountains"

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              Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
              Appalachia(n):

              Delius: Appalachia (Variations on an old slave song)
              Copland: Appalachian Spring (Pulitzer Prize for music 1945)
              Hovhaness: Symphony No. 60 "To the Appalachian Mountains"

              thank you very much, I couldn't have put it better myself
              on we go, like Sisyphus pushing his boulder

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                A B to link

                (1) a failed first night conducted by Liszt
                (2) a failed first night later redeemed with a borrowed overture
                (3) a failed first night directed by Zeffirelli

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                  Originally posted by mercia View Post
                  on we go, like Sisyphus pushing his boulder
                  ... but slightly more interesting, surely...
                  "...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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                    I'll go for broke, whilst going to bed. Is the B Bronte?

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                      Originally posted by Anna View Post
                      I'll go for broke, whilst going to bed. Is the B Bronte?
                      No. You need to find three operas.

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                        Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                        A B to link

                        (1) a failed first night conducted by Liszt
                        (2) a failed first night later redeemed with a borrowed overture
                        (3) a failed first night directed by Zeffirelli
                        Would (1) be The Barber of Baghdad (Der Barbier von Bagdad) by Cornelius?

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                          Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                          Would (1) be The Barber of Baghdad (Der Barbier von Bagdad) by Cornelius?


                          Excellent start.

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                            Would 3) be Vanessa by Samuel Barber?

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                              Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                              Would 3) be Vanessa by Samuel Barber?
                              Right composer, but not the opera I had in mind. According to Wikipedia for Vanessa: "The premiere was an unqualified success with the audience and with many of the critics as well" (and it was directed by Menotti, not Zeffirelli)

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                                Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                                Right composer, but not the opera I had in mind. According to Wikipedia for Vanessa: "The premiere was an unqualified success with the audience and with many of the critics as well" (and it was directed by Menotti, not Zeffirelli)
                                Ah, according to http://www.sdopera.com/Operapaedia/Vanessa

                                "Despite an all-star cast that included Leontyne Price, Jess Thomas and Justino Diaz, the opera was one of the great disappointments in the company's history of commissions for new opera. Admittedly the production crew tried to do too much in order to show off what the new stage could do, and the Zeffirelli production and libretto were deemed too grandiose for Barber's more sensitive musical personality."

                                However, I understand that Barber's Antony & Cleopatra was an even bigger flop (what is the International Unit of floppery? )

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