Question
The personification of Public Opinion advises this character to pretend to fall in love with a woman, after which this character tries to woo her by quoting an aria from an earlier opera about this character. In an opera about this character, he sings the aria “Che faro.” A trumpet toccata opens another opera titled for this character who sings the aria “Rosa del ciel.” This character serenades a figure in the aria (*) “Possente spirto” while journeying to find his lover. One opera partly titled for this character contains the “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” and is the first “reform opera.” Another opera titled for this character is the earliest opera that is still regularly performed. For 10 points, operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck and Claudio Monteverdi recount the story of which ancient Greek lover of Euridice? ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Karthik Prasad | Cornell Fire | Rochester A | 50 | -5 |
Raymond Wang | Cornell Earth | Cornell Wind | 64 | 15 |
Forrest Weintraub | Columbia Ly-α | RIT | 75 | 10 |
Ethan Maddox | Rochester B | Rochester C | 120 | 10 |
Darryl Wang | Rochester A | Cornell Fire | 137 | 10 |