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OperaKrostik
- The Opera Quarterly
- Oxford University Press
- Volume 19, Number 3, Summer 2003
- pp. 501-503
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The Opera Quarterly 19.3 (2003) 501-503
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OperaKrostik
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... |