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- "' Mariage blanc "'( from the French, literally " white marriage " ) is a marriage which is without consummation.
- Nikos travels to Australia to convince Stella to pretend they are back together and, moved by Lykourgos'" illness ", she accepts and returns to Greece with Nikos ( having become friends with him along the way ) to prepare their mariage blanc.
- Evelyn Waugh also speculated that Beerbohm had made a " mariage blanc " with Ruskin that it was surprising he should marry, without knowing he was impotent . " Waugh also observed, " the question is of little importance in an artist of Beerbohm's quality ."
- The cast of the opera includes Violet, her husband Gordon ( with whom she had a " mariage blanc " ) and a circle of relatives and friends including the lesbian composer Ethel Smyth ( whose role is sung by a baritone ) and three of Violet's male admirers.
- Although it was a " mariage blanc " ( unconsummated marriage ), or indeed a lavender marriage ( a union between a gay man and a lesbian ), it was based on profound love, mutual respect, understanding, and artistic friendship, expressed especially through their love of music.