Answer the following about bacchanales from classical music, for 10 points each.
[10m] In this best-known opera by Camille Saint-Saëns, a lengthy orchestral bacchanale opens with a recitative-like oboe solo. This opera’s title mezzo-soprano sings the aria “Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix” (“mon KUR SOOV rah tah VWAH”) to its title tenor.
ANSWER: Samson et Dalila [or Samson and Delilah]
[10h] A “grand bacchanale” of these things is included in the fourth tableau of a ballet by Alexander Glazunov titled for them. A Romantic piano collection titled for these things includes an oft-excerpted E major Troika.
ANSWER: seasons [or The Seasons; accept Les Saisons; accept Vremena Goda] (The piano collection The Seasons is by Tchaikovsky.)
[10e] The second appearance of the Danse générale from this composer’s Daphnis et Chloé is labeled as a bacchanale. This French composer included a snare drum ostinato in his Boléro.
ANSWER: Maurice Ravel [or Joseph Maurice Ravel]
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