Question
A character in an opera by this composer describes her voice as “placed between the pages of a book” and wonders if her child will grow up to be “Cain or Abel.” That character created by this composer tells her son that a blind ex-soldier “deserved to die, but you did not deserve to kill him.” In an opera by this composer, Refka’s sister is assaulted by Tsargo during a civil war, after which their son Yonas contemplates killing Tsargo. This composer’s collaborations with (*) Amin Maalouf include an opera in which a woman decides to enter a convent after meeting a man who gets sick on the way to Tripoli. After learning about Clémence from the Pilgrim, the troubadour Jaufré (“joh-FRAY”) Rudel falls in love with her without ever meeting her in an opera by this composer, who died in 2023. For 10 points, name this Finnish composer of Adriana Mater and L’amour de loin. ■END■
Summary
2024 ESPN @ Stanford | 03/09/2024 | N | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100.00 |
2024 ESPN @ Chicago | 03/23/2024 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 116.60 |
2024 ESPN @ Columbia | 03/23/2024 | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 105.57 |
2024 ESPN @ Duke | 03/23/2024 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 124.00 |
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge | 04/06/2024 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 115.50 |
2024 ESPN @ Brown | 04/06/2024 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 123.50 |
2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 153.00 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Jim Fan | UNC A | UNC B | 63 | -5 |
Parth Jagtap | A VK a Day Keeps the Doctor Away | Heat-Oppressed Brains | 85 | 10 |
Justin Wytmar | Nobodaddy but you | Noli Me Tangerine | 85 | 10 |
Arya Karthik | Sandmännchen im Helikopter | chamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia | 86 | 10 |
Ophir | mnemonists | NJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess) | 88 | 10 |
Matt Bollinger | BHSU | Chicago B | 92 | 10 |
Victor Pavao | Labour's Lost Lovers | Triple Round Robin Lovers | 93 | 10 |
Raymond Wang | Naocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse | Parden the Interruption | 93 | 10 |
Jordan Brownstein | JinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz | boy's jitches (ft. DMA) | 97 | 10 |
Forrest Weintraub | The Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola | protobowling for soup | 112 | 10 |
Ivvone Zhou | UNC B | UNC A | 113 | 10 |
Chris Manners | bruh | JJaryland | 119 | 10 |
Matt Jackson | Chicago A Minus Minus | Charlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline | 120 | 10 |
Keven Park | >:3 | Oh the Missouri | 132 | 10 |
Jacob Egol | Duke | UNC Hunny | 135 | 10 |
Will Alston | 1.g4 Test Mixture | Let's Fighting Love | 144 | 10 |
Sam Foo | Eugene o'Negging | You, Me and the Big G | 146 | 10 |
Sean Farrell | Houston Junior College | Free-ish Agents | 151 | 10 |
Megan Wang | Jason Lovers | Clark A | 154 | 10 |
Shardul Parthasarathy | 2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind | purdoobie brothers | 154 | 10 |
Ariel Faeder | The Present King of James is Bald | Tunks et al. | 154 | 10 |
Eleanor Settle | World's Fair Wiggle Walk | Cleo: 5/7 movie | 154 | 10 |