Question
Prince Ottokar listens to huntsmen outside his tent in an oft-excerpted piece titled for this ensemble from Act 3 of Der Freischütz (“FRY-shoots”). For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ensemble which is cited in much of the overture for Tannhäuser. In another opera, Elsa is compelled to ask her husband’s name after a piece commonly titled for this ensemble is performed.
ANSWER: chorus [accept Bridal Chorus or Pilgrim’s chorus or Huntsmen’s chorus]
[10e] The Bridal Chorus is by this German composer, who favored using leitmotifs in his operas over arias and choruses starting with the Ring Cycle.
ANSWER: Richard Wagner
[10m] Wagner wrote the Bridal Chorus for his opera Lohengrin, in which it is sung after Elsa marries one of these characters. Wagner began using choruses again in his final opera Parsifal, which is titled for one of these characters.
ANSWER: knights [accept Knights of the Round Table or Knights of the Grail]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 86% | 71% | 14% |
Data
| Columbia B | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Lehigh | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland | Rutgers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Swarthmore A | NYU C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Princeton | University of Delaware B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Fordham | Rowan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Swarthmore B | University of Delaware A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |