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Statuesque puzzle

La Cieca invites the newly reunited cher public to participate in an archeological dig scavenger hunt puzzle quiz promoting the new “Sacrificium” CD from Cecilia Bartoli.

Ready to play? Well, first you have to answer this question:

Farinelli’s remains were exhumed in 2006 from this cemetery in Bologna?

Most of you surely know the answer, of course, and those of you who don’t certainly know how to google. So, anyway, once you’ve identified the cemetery, you go to the puzzle site, enter that name, and get a piece of the puzzle. Whee!

After that, you may ask Daniel Stephen Johnson for the next clue.

54 comments

  • grrg says:

    Note: leave off the “La” when you type this answer in.

    Also: WHERE is question #6? Supposedly on the OperaNews website? But it isn’t up yet?

  • Pelleas says:

    Johnson’s site sends me back here for question 3, so I’m all confused.

  • grrg says:

    Pelleas, you can figure this one on your own, I promise. Try reading paragraph 3.

  • Clita del Toro says:

    Since the thread about Nadja Michael’s Salome is now closed, I want to add this:

    On the Sieglinde’s Dairies/ Future Seasons at the Met site, I found this entry for the 2011-2012 season:

    MACBETH with Nadja Michael*, Gunther Groissbock, c. Gianandrea Noseda

    I guess we’ll find out if she can sing, or not???

  • Orlando Furioso says:

    I have the same question as grrg. If I’m overlooking something that’s really there on the Opera News page, just tell me so.

  • justanothertenor says:

    I have all the clues EXCEPT #8
    When is Nico Muhly blogging it?
    Does anyone have the clue?

  • rysanekfreak says:

    I can’t find Nico Muhly’s clue for #8.

  • Zerbinetta says:

    I can’t find the Opera News one (#6) or Nico’s (#8). I found #9, but since I’m missing #6 and #8 haven’t found #7…

  • BillyBoy says:

    Muhly is #8 but he poses #7 again and provides no link to #9. Modernist hijinx!