Question
The Intermezzo from this opera plays behind the opening and closing credits to Raging Bull. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this opera that is set entirely in the main square of a village on Easter morning. This opera depicts the relationship between Turiddu, who is returning from military service, and his fiancée Lola.
ANSWER: Cavalleria rusticana [or Rustic Chivalry]
[10m] Because they are both short Italian verismo operas, Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and this other composer’s opera Pagliacci are commonly staged together as a “Cav/Pag” double bill.
ANSWER: Ruggero Leoncavallo
[10e] Pagliacci is titled for this profession of the main character Canio and his troupe. In the aria “Vesti la Giubba,” Canio puts on his makeup and costume after singing to “laugh, [this profession], at your broken love!”
ANSWER: clowns [prompt on actor or acting; prompt on commedia dell’arte or comedy or circus or carnival]
<Ganon Evans, Fine Arts - Opera> ~20140~ <Editor: Young Lee>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 34 | 11.76 | 79% | 18% | 21% |
Data
| Dallas County | Barrington A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Chattahoochee A | Barrington B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Belmont | William Fremd | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Moberly | Belvidere | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Canyon Crest | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Chattahoochee B | Winston Churchill B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Winnebago | Choate Rosemary Hall | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | Norris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stevenson A | Heights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | Hinsdale Central | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter A | St. Mark's | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Stevenson B | Hunter B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Innovation Academy A | Irvington A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| West Point | John Adams A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| John Adams B | Maggie Walker B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johns Creek A | Kinkaid | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Thomas Jefferson C | Johns Creek B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake Highland | Hoover B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maggie Walker A | Solon | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Rockford Auburn B | Norman | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Northmont A | Midtown | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Northmont B | Elkhorn North | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Parkway West | Carl Sandburg | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Mira Loma | Richard Montgomery | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Rockford Auburn A | Plymouth | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Innovation Academy B | Saint Joseph | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Thomas Jefferson A | Thomas Jefferson B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lincoln-Way East | Thomas Jefferson D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| University Lab | Dunbar | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Walter Payton | Maggie Walker C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Mercer County | Washington | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Waukee | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Winston Churchill A | Troy | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Woodland | Detroit Country Day | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |