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Nights at the Opera sequence   poetry  
  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 Nights at the Opera
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Sympathy for Scarpia i "If she should have all the beauty, passion, honour,", Peter Porter , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , May no. 70 1979; (p. 22) English Subtitles 1981; (p. 44) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 301) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 393)
Lucia in the Sky with Diamonds i "Mad as she is, this girl", Peter Porter , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , May no. 70 1979; (p. 22) English Subtitles 1981; (p. 44) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 301) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 393)
Waiting for Isolde i "Love's wounds are transformation scenes.", Peter Porter , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , May no. 70 1979; (p. 22) English Subtitles 1981; (p. 44) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 301) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 393)
How Would You Like to be Called Wurm? i "Villains are pillars of the ancien regime:", Peter Porter , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , May no. 70 1979; (p. 22) English Subtitles 1981; (p. 44) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 301) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 394)
Papageno's Panti-Hose i "While Tamino learns philosophy", Peter Porter , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , May no. 70 1979; (p. 22-23) English Subtitles 1981; (p. 44-45) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 301-302) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 394)
If You Can't Join Them, Beat Them i "With that 'dumme knab' Siegfried around", Peter Porter , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , May no. 70 1979; (p. 23) English Subtitles 1981; (p. 45) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 302) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 394)
O.K., Nerone i "No opera ends less morally,", Peter Porter , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , May no. 70 1979; (p. 23) English Subtitles 1981; (p. 45) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 302) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 394)
Audience at La Scala i "Taught to suck from capitalist sores their venom,", Peter Porter , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , May no. 70 1979; (p. 23) English Subtitles 1981; (p. 45) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 302) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 395)
Es Sucht der Bruder Seine Bruder i "Faithful love has shown what it can do,", Peter Porter , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , May no. 70 1979; (p. 23) English Subtitles 1981; (p. 45) Collected Poems 1983; (p. 302) Collected Poems 1999; (p. 395)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Poetry Australia no. 70 May 1979 Z599033 1979 periodical issue 1979 pg. 22-23
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon English Subtitles Peter Porter , Oxford Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1981 Z576617 1981 selected work poetry Oxford Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1981 pg. 44-45
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Collected Poems Peter Porter , Melbourne Oxford New York (City) : Oxford University Press , 1983 Z575458 1983 selected work poetry Melbourne Oxford New York (City) : Oxford University Press , 1983 pg. 301-302
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Collected Poems Peter Porter , Melbourne Oxford New York (City) : Oxford University Press , 1983 Z575458 1983 selected work poetry Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1999 pg. 393-395
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