Question
Stephen Taylor was commissioned to compose Paradises Lost, an opera based on the Ursula K. LeGuin novella, for a university opera company in this state. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Midwestern state where former Metropolitan Opera baritone Nathan Gunn leads an opera company at its flagship university in Urbana-Champaign.
ANSWER: Illinois
[10h] Illinois is also home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which was formerly led by this Hungarian conductor who studied under Bela Bartok. Until he was elapsed by Beyonce in 2023, this conductor held the record for the most Grammy wins.
ANSWER: George Solti [or György Stern]
[10m] The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s current music director is Riccardo Muti, who previously conducted the orchestra at this Milanese opera house.
ANSWER: La Scala [or Teatro alla Scala]
<JW, Classical Music>
Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
Data
| RIT | Cornell Fire | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia Ly-α | Rochester A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cornell Earth | Rochester B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago A | Chicago D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago B | Missouri | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State B | Chicago C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue A | Michigan A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State A | SIUE A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Purdue B | Ohio State C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Purdue C | Michigan B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL | SIUE B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |