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The Opera Quarterly 19.3 (2003) 501-503



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Alan W. Agol

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Begin by filling in the words next to the twenty-six definitions. Then transfer the letters to the grid. The grid contains a quotation from a book about opera; once you have written some letters in the grid, you will see words forming. (The black squares in the grid indicate the ends of words, but words can run over to the next line.) Fill in the remaining letters, and transfer them to the words section of the clues. By working back and forth between the clues and the grid, you should be able to discover all the letters. The initial letters of the word answers to the clues spell out the author's last name and the title of the book. Good luck! (The above 1867 caricature by Carjat of Charles Gounod is reproduced from Adolphe Jullien, Musique: Mélanges d'histoire et de critique musicale et dramatique, 2nd. ed. [Paris: Librairie de l'Art, n.d.], private collection.) [End Page 501]

DEFINITIONS WORDS
A. German soprano, Met debut as ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Marschallin 1986 (full name) 102 75 16 50 109 176 11 6 117 56 130
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
167 153 18 37 184 27 65 83
B. Dickinson poem: "— — a liquor ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
never brewed" (2 wds.) 95 49 202 58 175 205
C. She sang Isolde to de Reszke's ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Tristan at Met, 1895. (full name) 196 105 13 12 24 124 113 199 122 89 38
___ ___ ___
126 87 92
D. Venice's "jewel box opera house ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
(2 wds.) 149 133 123 119 183 200 96 3
E. Cincinnati singers often competed ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
with animals located here. (3 wds.) 5 164 168 2 198 152 186 90
F. Not a danger; non-competitive ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
(2 wds.) 104 173 61 88 21 51 182 137
G. Card-crazed protagonist of Pique ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Dame 181 68 145 174 155 100 26
H. Menotti opera, premiered at the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Met in 1964: — Last — (2 wds.) 114 192 39 8 193 74 66 55 107
I. Iago is ironically described in ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
this way (It.) 79 159 110 108 23 33
J. Cenerentola's closing aria (It., ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
(3 wds.) 86 136 128 170 54 169 22 35 203 166 106
___ ___ ___ ___ ___
162 36 191 80 25
K. Aptly named Luisa Miller villain ___ ___ ___ ___
125 171 118 121
L. Fanciulla's Wells Fargo agent ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
120 132 115 135 189
M. Elsa's brother ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
with Hindu mysticism 188 14 143 165 46 10 97 177 111
N. Southeast French city noted for its ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Roman ruins 44 160 91 45 185
O. Receding water (2 wds.) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
147 134 64 94 180 197 57
P. Dog originally bred in southwest ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Germany 40 141 59 1 4 172 78 34 116 72
Q. Record; classify; track a course ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
42 32 103 84 201
R. Aloof ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
73 82 28 204 77 129
S. Henry Fonda starred in the play ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
and the film. (2 wds.) 142 76 187 81 146 63 15 127 19
T. French impressionist painter ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
156 192 53 131 163 52 148 195
U. Roberto Devereux ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
69 67 41...

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