Iphigénie en Tauride - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

This opera’s title character begs the “implacable goddess” Diana to give her the ferocity to kill her brother in her aria, “Je t’implore et je tremble.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this opera that swaps an overture for a short, calm passage preceding a more aggressive depiction of a storm at sea. Nicolas-François Guillard wrote the libretto to this opera, which includes a part for King Thoas.

ANSWER: Iphigénie en Tauride [or Iphigenia in Tauris]

[10m] Iphigenia in Tauris was written by this composer, who wrote a mythologically inspired “reform opera” that includes the aria “Che farò senza” and an Act 2 ballet sequence.

ANSWER: Christoph Willibald Gluck [or Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck]

[10e] Though originally written in French, Gluck wrote a version of Iphigenia in Tauris in this language for the visit of Grand Duke Paul. Der Freischutz is an opera in this language by Carl Maria von Weber.

ANSWER: German [or Deutsch]

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	12.22	89%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%

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Harvard	Brown	0	0	10	10
I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	MIT A	10	10	10	30
MIT B	Brandeis	0	0	10	10
Yale	RIT	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Michigan C	CWRU	0	0	10	10
Pittsburgh	Ohio State A	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	Maryland C	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	JHU A	0	10	10	20
John Jay	Maryland B	0	0	10	10
NYU B	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
Mount Sinai	JHU B	0	10	10	20
Swarthmore	NYU A	0	0	10	10
Northwestern B	UChicago C	0	0	10	10
Indiana	Illinois	0	10	10	20
abg academy	rusty shackleford	0	10	10	20
Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	McGill Fartlets	0	0	10	10
Ottawa 67s	Carleton A	0	0	10	10
Queen's is monitoring the situation	#OpenToBuzz	0	0	10	10
Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	Toronto G	0	10	10	20
Toronto E	Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	0	0	10	10
McGill B	Toronto Operation PBSuccess	0	0	10	10
Waterloo you are crooked	Guelph perfomative male competition	0	10	10	20
Northwestern A	UChicago B	10	10	10	30
Stanford A	Berkeley A	0	10	10	20
Stanford B	Berkeley C	0	0	10	10
The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	Free Win	0	10	10	20
In Search of Lost Clues	Berkeley B	10	0	10	20
Bristold	Of Mice and Penn	0	10	10	20
The Bit and the Penndulum	Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament	0	0	10	10
Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	question mark	0	0	10	10
Washed Scrubs	Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	0	10	10	20
why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	0	0	10	10
Hail to the Sheaf	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	0	0	10	10
To buzz is to be perceived	Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	0	10	10	20
Knorr Stock Clue	Chimp Brisket	0	0	0	0
Galactic Ombudsmen	Coughing Baby	0	0	10	10
UNC A	VT B	0	0	10	10
Planck Sinatra	UNC B	0	0	10	10
VT A	Wise Duke	0	10	10	20