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FRIDAY TEASER 28TH OCTOBER
Unscramble these words to find the names (in English) of 6 operas: 1. CASUAL JURIES (2 words) 2. HEAVEN INCITED (3 words) 3. AND TROUT 4. A LARK US 5. DOME ONE I 6. MERGE RIPEST ( 2 words) Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the Answers button.
Just How Well Do you Know ‘Messiah’? Take Our Quiz!
It’s Messiah season again and Handel’s mighty oratorio is ringing out all around Sydney. Take our Messiah challenge and see how much you know about it. There’s more interesting trivia in the answers below: Handel’s librettist for Messiah was barred from public office, political or ecclesiastical. Who was he and why was he treated thus?…
Friday teaser – 11th november: lest we forget
(Scroll to the bottom pf the page for answers) 1. Composed in 1941 as a response to the 900 day long German siege of this city. 2. It premiered in 1942 and was written for re-consecration of a cathedral destroyed in bombing during World War II but wasn’t performed here till 1962. Rather than glorifying war it was…
Who are these bearded composers?
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