Question

This tenor character sings the love duet “It’s a love song” with a soprano who likens herself to a still-faithful turtledove who has fled. This man exclaims “O God! (-5[1])of what intoxication” when succumbing to the seductions of a deceitful courtesan, and is roused from a drunken stupor when a trouser role sheds her disguise and declares her love for him. (-5[1])This character’s beloved sings a coloratura aria punctuated by periodic interruptions and the sound of a ratchet, about “The birds in the bower.” (-5[1])Three women in the opera are (*) actually different (10[1])facets of (-5[1])this character’s beloved, Stella. (10[1])This man becomes infatuated with the Venetian courtesan (10[1])Giulietta, who sings the duet with Nicklausse, “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (10[1])(“BELL-uh NWEE, oh NWEE dah-MOOR”). “The Doll Song” and a barcarolle (10[1])feature in an opera (-5[1])titled for this man. (10[2])For 10 points, name this author whose “tales” title an opera (10[2])by Jacques (10[1])Offenbach. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: E. T. A. Hoffmann [or Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; or Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; accept The Tales of Hoffmann or Les contes d’Hoffmann]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eve FleisigBerkeley AStanford A28-5
Steven YuanBerkeley BBerkeley C60-5
Raymond WangCornell RCornell MATLAB83-5
Jonathan HaimowitzAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie UniversityI will play anything with a buzzer in front of me9110
Sky LiTorontoOttawa A93-5
Giifti BentiSIUEWUSTL XYZ9710
Andrew WangIllinois AIllinois B10510
Michał GerasimiukStanford ABerkeley A11710
Aiden FeinVanderbiltChicago A12310
Stan MelkumianPurdue ANotre Dame B127-5
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame APurdue B13110
Cameron JonesMissouri BSquidward Community College13110
Ian ChowMcDouble West-CarletonOttawa B14210
Sanjeev UppaluriSyracuse+RochesterRIT14210
Braden BoothMissouri AWUSTL H2O14410
Tanuj ChandekarIndianaChicago B14510
Kevin YeBerkeley CBerkeley B14610
James WangOttawa AToronto1460
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABCornell R14610