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WHICH OCTAVIAN?
Since the expected White Shirt traveller did not arrive, here are the correct answers.
Both Smorgy and KateK were so nearly there but Howells and Troyanos obviously sound very similar!
Photo/Voice
1. Garanca/ von Otter
2. von Otter/ Koch
3. Kasarova/ Garanca
4. Howells/ Graham
5. Koch/ Troyanos
6. Graham/ Kasarova
7. Troyanos/ Howells
Good guessing everyone and thank you for having a go!
Richard Strauss was inordinately fond of the female voice, and “Der Rosenkavalier” is famed for the beautiful music of the three female-voice roles which comprise its protagonists: Sophie, Octavian, and the Marschallin. This love triangle culminates in the exquisite trio and duet which end the opera.
Octavian, Count Rofrano, one of the most beloved characters in White Shirt opera.
“Marie Thérèse”, his lover, one of the most recognised names and poignant,
deeply felt phrases sung in any opera.
But which voice goes with which picture? Can you recognise a voice from only two words?
You will probably recognise your favourite but what of the others?
Try and sort out the recordings and photos.
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Whatever you are up to and whatever the weather ….
HAVE A WONDERFUL WHITE SHIRT WEEKEND!
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Oooh! What a way to start a weekend with.
I’ll go…
Photo / Voice:
1. Elina Garanca / Anne Sophie von Otter
2. Anne Sophie von Otter / Susan Graham
3. Vesselina Kasarova / Elina Garanca
4. Anne Howell / as herself
5. Sophie Koch / Tatiana Troyanos
6. Susan Graham / Vesselina Kasarova
7. Tatiana Troyanos / Sophie Koch
Have a good weekend, Eyes! It’s bright and sunny here (in Southern California) today. I’m cleaning up and doing laundry before heading out of town again tomorrow. One of these days I’ll get to stay in one place and start collecting moss, I hope.
Er…. on second thought, I think I switched Graham and Koch on the first guess… So the voice #2 is more likely Sophie Koch, and #7 is Susan Graham… I just thought Graham usually sounds more stable than that. I think I have the other ones right, though.
There’s one set of guesses in already but I’m keeping them under wraps for the moment in case they exert undue influence
Edit: Likewise with the second set!
AWWW, thanks for starting with who you started with.
I detect Graham, Kasarova, Garanca and Otter but Howells, Troyanos and whoever’s left escape me. I’m sure I can detect Howells eventually.
This comment may give a clue to some readers
*pained conscience* I *just* can’t identify them!!! boo hoo!!!!
Still, love these games you set up! Thanks eyes!
You are not alone, antipodian opera lover. It takes a while and you might start with only one.
Hint: there are resources out there from which these were taken and that could be a good starting point!j
Same on my side of the world… the exercise is fascinating but too “narrow” though none of these ‘Marie-thérèse” are alike and that’s the magic! The last one is ‘spoken’ nearly. This ending is the best page ever written. I am used to listening to the Lucia Popp cast… you know.. Thanks a lot for this very crafty one but I’m off.. too hard! Nice week-end to all of you from very warm South of France..
Unusually hot here too, Yvette. Bon weekend!
Yes, very hot for Autumn around here… I’ll have a go because I want to try my “ears” and of course “eyes” .. I seem to recognise Sophie Koch too in the pict.`
so, first -Marie-Th: Susan Graham
second: A-S Von otter
third- Marie-Th: Elina Garanca (Congratulations for the baby girl born yesterday)
Fourth – Sophie Koch
sixth- marie-Th: Vesselina (could be wrong but she is the only one to utter Ma-rie two distinct syllables…)
Nice way of ending a very quiet sunday… I do not want to quote a famous film dating from my youth!( British film …)Thanks Eyes nd forget my numerous mistakes…
Dear Yvette, if there are any mistakes they are forgotten already! We are all just pleased that you felt like joining in. Thank you for your ideas ( and for telling us about Garanca baby! )
Some White Shirts are still thinking about this one so I will keep President Smorg’s list a secret for a little while longer- just in case she has a completely correct answer
Completely correct answer… That won’t be my luck, maestra! I thought I had devised a good cop out out of not reading that longwinded new gospel text my merry Mormon maidens gave me by conveniently forgetting to bring it on the trip. Then I ran into them (and quite a few more equally merry sisters) in at the museum in Old Town and was gifted with yet another copy.
It is being quite warm here in So California, too. I wonder if autumn is sleeping in, still.
Thanks a bunch (or a bundle) for the good news about Frau Garanca, Yvette! I should probably go look up how to say congrats in Latvian…
Howdy Dr. T & Dominic!
Boxes getting small. Reply moved to the bottom!
All guesses so far are from the North American continent- come on you Brits.
In the words of Saint Deliah – “where are you? Let’s be ‘avin’ you” !!!
Ha! But one must be given some leeway on account of bewitchment, maestra. We white shirters get a bit entranced hearing the voices of gorgeous mezzos chanting that lovely woman’s name, you know. I think I was spared a bit of the enchantment because my head hasn’t been working right after spending more hours laughing with my merry Mormon visitors. That is bound to knock a few screws loose in one’s noggin.
Ciao JC & Yvette! Hope your weekend is being beautiful and pleasant! I don’t know why I’m awake (it’s 1:33AM now). I’ve better go and crash before the alarm clock starts ringing and I have to go catch a bus.
Cheerios!
I like that … Merry Mormon Maidens – sounds like a song title !
Of course there is leeway for bewitchment. I find myself drifting off and I compiled the thing. Actually my head is full of other stuff , having been working all day, and I have forgotten what the answers are.
For now I also will enjoy listening and watching and I will remind myself who is what when I get back to my computer tomorrow.
Still waiting for some British input here !
Still 2 lists of possibilities being witheld for the moment.
Edit:Plus someone's change of mind!
that 2nd to last was so lovely
, the rest… i’ll have to dive into youtube to study a bit before finishing this homework…
lovely pictures and lovely music but I do not know what is what.
Thank you for visiting anyway, dominic!
O.K. so I’m not British, but I hope contribution from this side of the Atlantic is a good one:
1 von Otter
2 Koch
3 Garanca definitely
4 Graham
5 Howells
6 Kasarova
7 Troyanos
Thanks a lot for the quiz & enjoy the Indian summer.
‘Watch out for those MMMs Smorgy- they seem to be following you around
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Indeed, matie… like a pack of M&M…
Too bad they aren’t edible.
Gosh, Smorgy and the Maiden lasses… so funny.. ‘not edible’… You made my day!!! hello every body! have a nice week…(so to speak at work…)
Hoorah! New input! New operatic brains! You are really welcome KateK and thank you for your contribution. It is indeed a good thing to have ideas from this side of the pond. In fact it looks like we are about to go global girls
You do not identify the photos though – is that bit too easy?
hurrah, white shirt going global! perhaps we can make a map of white shirt dots around the world. greetings Yvette, Dominic, KateK, jcmwee, DtO, smorgy and Eyes from autumn-y east coast!
(note am dodging the homework assignment
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Dodging the asignment Dr. T? …. The excuse I have most of the time – ” Please, Miss, the dog ate my homewotk” !!
LOL what larks Eyes ! I’m on holiday next week so will try and avoid reading comments/answers and have a bash, fantastic idea!
……. to see you nice!
I’ll hold off publishing the correct answers for a bit.
Hey, thanks for the solutions, Eyes!
I love these quizes… Amazing how even among such august company a few of these voices are still much easier to identify than others, ay?
And my pleasure to complie them Smorgy! I’m learning so much myself by these flights of fancy but I must be careful not to lose the answers which nearly happened the week I went away recently
Hahahaha! So that’s why we waited for the final answers for so long!
But in all seriousness: I am now resigned to the fact that I could never pick Sophie Koch’s voice from a crowd. And that Howells’ is mostly a visual, not so much an audio Octavian for me.