Question

The patricians Annio and Sesto from this composer’s opera La Clemenza di Tito are trouser roles, which are male characters performed by women. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this composer who created the maid Despina, who crossdresses as a male doctor as part of a plan to test the fidelity of two men’s fiancées in Così fan tutte.
ANSWER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [or Johannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart]
[10m] A mezzo-soprano usually plays Idamante, the son of the title king of Crete, in this Mozart opera.
ANSWER: Idomeneo [or Idomeneo, re di Creta; or Idomeneo, King of Crete; or Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante]
[10h] Likely the most famous of Mozart’s trouser roles is the page Cherubino from The Marriage of Figaro, who sings this aria that describes his feelings of love for the Countess while Susanna accompanies him on guitar.
ANSWER: Voi che sapete” [or “Voi che sapete che cosa è amor”]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2420.00100%71%29%

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Brown AFlorida A10101030
Chicago BChicago A1010020
Johns Hopkins AVanderbilt A100010
MIT ANorthwestern A10101030
Michigan ANYU A1010020
McGill APenn State A100010
Rutgers AVirginia A100010
Georgia Tech BSouth Carolina A100010
Georgia Tech AStanford A1010020
Toronto AMinnesota A1010020
Columbia AUC Berkeley A10101030
Yale BPenn A1010020
Illinois AClaremont A10101030
Indiana ACornell B1010020
Harvard ANorth Carolina A1010020
Texas AChicago C1010020
Iowa State AWUSTL B100010
Cornell AOhio State A1010020
Rutgers BFlorida B100010
WUSTL AMaryland A10101030
Columbia BMinnesota B100010
Purdue AHouston A1010020
Imperial AUC Berkeley B10101030
Yale ADuke A10101030