wiki-illiam #106: q16

[dubdobdee]

Where:
i: did Robinson settle for the elder sister?
ii: was the master tailor interrupted in his reading of The Divine Comedy?
iii: did apparent Benedictine hatred change, with assistance from friends, to love?
iv: did the seemingly simple sister of the Hungarian Captain end up marrying his landlord?
v: did the beloved offspring of opposing feuding families commit suicidefollowing the Friar's ruse?
vi: did a Sicilian knight defeat the Duke in a duel and learn from the Saracen that his loved one was innocent?
vii: did the rejected hunchback reveal the identity of his wife's real lover to the troupe leader?
viii: did the dragoon gain the innkeeper's daughter in spite of a diabolical intrusion?
ix: did the accursed jester unexpectedly find that his daughter had been bagged?
x: did the General's wife stab herself after being ravished by the Prince?

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

These all seem to be on the tip of my tongue actually. I used to read this book of opera plots when I was, like, 10... ix) the accursed jester is Rigoletto but I have NO IDEA where that opera was set :(

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

An Italian connection seems to be emerging though, for the settings of all of these.

vii.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I've found the rejected hunchback now using Lex's idea as google fodder. The setting is Italy, again. But they could also all be operas.

i.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

...and found 'Robinson' now as well.

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

Oh, I remember getting 'tales from the opera' book from the library when I was tiny. They were ACE - all blood and shaggings and HIGH DRAMA. I was very disappointed when I heard the actual singing.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

And they were all so RIDICULOUS too - half the plot summaries in this partic book just involved the author going "and THIS BIT makes NO SENSE but WHATEVZ"!

I like the actual opera too but it's a very different kind of liking.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

Kobbé?