A baritone with this title wishes to be “not only a loving husband… But your friend and consoler always” in an aria that ends with the plea “Trust me!” Dmitri Hvorostovsky sang that aria and one from Don Carlos to win the Cardiff Singer of the World competition, and he made his Met debut as that character with this title. Konstantin Shilovsky wrote the text for an aria in which a bass with this title compares his wife to a radiant angel, “All ages surrender to love.” The officer (*) Yeletsky has this title and sings “Ya vas lyublyu” to Lisa in The Queen of Spades. The chorus “Fly away on the wings of the wind” is excerpted in an orchestral piece from an opera whose protagonist has this title and is married to Yaroslavna. A girl who sings the Letter Scene marries a general with this title in an opera by Tchaikovsky. For 10 points, what noble title names the unfinished opera that includes the Polovtsian Dances, by Alexander Borodin? ■END■
ANSWER: prince [or knyáz; accept Prince Yeletsky, Prince Gremin, or Prince Igor; prompt on general or officer until “general” is read by asking “what non-professional title?”]
<Ivvone Zhou, Classical Music and Opera>
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