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[feey]

sounds like buffet ..... BUFFY

[JUS]

is correct :arrow:

[JUS]

In opera, whose first love is Olympia, an automaton created by the scientist Spalanzani?

[criztian]

Hint?

[JUS]

I can can tell you who the composer is................ :wink:

[wildrover]

the girl with enamel eyes...

[criztian]

I guess you could.. :)

[JUS]

That was the clue..............it wasn't a typo! :lol:

[wildrover]

Very strange clue! The well known version of the can can is from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld...

[JUS]

.....and he is also the composer of...........

[wildrover]

Ah OK, this is Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman then. I had Coppelia (the ballet by Delibes) in my head because both ballets are based on the book The Sandman which was written by Hoffman.

[JUS]

It is indeed Hoffmann from the opera The Tales of Hoffmann :D

[wildrover]

Hoffman was a very well known writer of horror and fantasy literature in the early 19th century. Tales of Hoffman and Coppelia are both based on his books as is an even more famous ballet which has been staged more often than any other ballet with the exception of Swan Lake. Which other ballet is based on Hoffman's writing?

[JUS]

Giselle?????????? :?

[wildrover]

No - it has been the subject of a recent question on this site...