30Q #71 navneeth

[navneeth]

Shoot!

Of course, don't expect poetic verses from me! I'll be missing those from Shap, though...

[Trumpetmaster]

Shoot!

Of course, don't expect poetic verses from me! I'll be missing those from Shap, though...

Navneeth,

It this work a Symphony?

[Shapley]

I do not always have the time,
to put my questions into rhyme.
I shall endeaver, however pathetic,
to ask my questions in manner poetic.

Is it possible, could it be,
that this work is a symphony?
Whether it is or whether it isn't
are vocalists among the performers present?

Lastly, now as Christmas is near!
A time of rejoicing and good cheer!
Whether solemnly, or full of mirth,
does the work celebrate the Savior's birth?

[Shapley]

Oh, Dear! It appears I have been beaten to the draw!
My first question I must withdraw!
Trumpetmaster asked, 'ere my verse was done,
The same question as my question number one!

Let me ask, then, in a manner of rhyme,
(And hope I beat Trumpetmaster this time)
If not a symphony, as was asked at the start,
does an orchestra at least play a major part?

[navneeth]

1. It this work a Symphony?

No

2. are vocalists among the performers present?

Yes

3. does the work celebrate the Savior's birth?

No

4. does an orchestra at least play a major part?

Yes

We've already seen the name of a poet twice in the answers.

[Trumpetmaster]

Oh, Dear! It appears I have been beaten to the draw!
My first question I must withdraw!
Trumpetmaster asked, 'ere my verse was done,
The same question as my question number one!

Let me ask, then, in a manner of rhyme,
(And hope I beat Trumpetmaster this time)
If not a symphony, as was asked at the start,
does an orchestra at least play a major part?

[Trumpetmaster]

Is the composer German?

[Shapley]

'long the Barbary Coast, the sounds of war fade,
Peace had been signed, ports opened to trade.
The USS Epervier then met a stormy end,
had this work at that time been penned?

[Shapley]

Tenors, sopranos, altos, and chorus,
Dressed full in costume, singing loudly for us,
Lavishishly set, a true sight to see,
could this work an opera be?

[navneeth]

5. Is the composer German?

No

6. The USS Epervier then met a stormy end,
had this work at that time been penned?

No...composed after 1815

7. Tenors, sopranos, altos, and chorus,
Dressed full in costume, singing loudly for us,
Lavishishly set, a true sight to see,
could this work an opera be?

Of course it is!

[Shapley]

The twentieth Century had just began,
as Verdi was proven a mortal man.
In the year that composer met his end,
had this opera already been penned?

Let me trouble you further 'ere I take a guess,
if the question above should merit a 'yes',
As an opera composer, Verdi's light shown brighter
perhaps than any other, was he the work's writer?

[navneeth]

8. Composed after Verdi's death (27 Jan 1901)

[bignaf]

is the piece in Italian?

[navneeth]

9. is the piece in Italian?

Nope

[bignaf]

is the opera in English?

[navneeth]

10. is the opera in English?

Not

[bignaf]

Is it in a live European language?

[navneeth]

11. Is it in a live European language?

If you mean if the language is still spoken today, then yes.

[Shapley]

My burning curiosity please help me quench,
Is the opera perhaps sung in French?
To satisfy this mind a little more,
was it written after the second world war?

[navneeth]

12. Not sung in French

13. Composed before Sep(?), 1945.

Recap: Opera composed by non-German composer after 27 Jan, 1901 and before the first weeks of September, 1945. Performed in a live European language, but not English, French or Italian. Does not celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.