A police officer shoots the Son in a 2019 opera titled for this adjective by Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson. This adjective (15[1])is the surname of a lyric soprano who won Grammys in 2021 and 2023 for the Met’s recordings (15[1])of Porgy and Bess and Fire Shut Up in My Bones. (15[1])Paul Dukas’s only opera is titled (-5[1])for (15[1])Ariane and a character with this adjective (15[2])in his name. (15[1])This color, the surname of an African American soprano named Angel, appears (15[1])in the title of an opera that features a dissonant minor second (15[1])(*) “blood motif.” (10[1])In that (10[1])opera, Judith (10[1])finds a silvery (10[3])“lake (10[2])of (10[2])tears” (10[4])when (10[1])opening the sixth (10[1])door (10[2])after marrying a man (10[3])with (10[1])this (10[1])color (10[1])in his name, (10[2]-5[1])who kills his (10[1])wives (10[1])and hides them in his closet. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, Béla Bartók’s (10[2])only opera is about a Duke with a beard (10[1])of what color? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[6])