The Slipped Disc 2023 year-end quiz
News1 Which Hollywood composer bought the BBC’s Maida Vale studios?
2 What was the worst Mahler of 2023? (And not the AI picture attached)
3 Which amateur conductor was caricatured in Tar?
4 Two Opera magazines went under this year – which?
5 Debussy was still alive when she was born. Who was the oldest pianist on record who died this year?
6 In which opera house did a critic get her face rubbed in dog-shit?
7 Whose baton provoked a limerick contest?
8 First Tar, then Maestro. Who’s the next classical biopic?
9 Who said ‘I only became human when I was a widow’?
10 Which soprano is suing the Met?
11 Which King was served by Zadok the Priest?
12 Name the bass singer who was punched by a conductor.
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No. 10 is impossible. Fuming against JEG is easy, but naming or remembering the singer. . .
Norman, I meant No. 12 of course — can you please correct it? I guess I liked No. 3 so much that it compromised my counting.
Where are the answers?
13. Which Symphony is now known as the Orgasm Symphony?
#8: Isn’t there a Callas movie in the works?
Indeed: director Pablo Larrain is working on „Maria“ starring Angela Jolie. Filming began in October in Budapest.
But wait! There’s more!
IMDb lists a film entitled „Callas“ currently in „pre-production“. While no director is listed, the writers are Alfonso Signorini and Niki Caro, with Liu Yifei (star of Disney’s „Mulan“) in the title role.
May I please sneak in a personal thank you to V.Lind for keeping me on my toes with your responses to my comments throughout the year? Ich wünsche Ihnen einene guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!