Question

Frank Castorf enraged the audience during the 2013 iteration of this event because of a work themed around the global conflict over oil. Oksana Lyniv became the first woman to take a major role at Green Hill for this event’s 2021 iteration, which also featured the debuts of Asmik Grigorian and Lise Davidsen. A George Bernard Shaw essay inspired Patrice Chéreau’s (10[1])socialist interpretation (10[1])at this event’s 1976 centenary. (10[3])A 2021 Alex Ross book mentions the (10[1])friendship (10[1])between (10[2])the granddaughter of this event’s (10[2])founder, (10[1])Winifred, (10[1])and Adolf Hitler; (10[2])Winifred (10[1])led this event after the death of its founder’s widow (10[3])Cosima. (10[1])A “canon” of 10 works performed at this event leaves out Rienzi. The Festspielhaus was built for this (10[1])event so its anti-Semitic founder could premiere Das Rheingold. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, name this festival in Bavaria that puts on the Ring Cycle and other operas by Richard Wagner. ■END■

ANSWER: Bayreuth (“BYE-roit”) Festival [or Bayreuther Festspiele; prompt on performances of the Ring Cycle or Wagner’s operas until each is read]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%0%87.17

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Karan GurazadaTexas AMIT A6010
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AHarvard A6210
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AColumbia A6710
Max BrodskyIllinois AMcGill A6710
Kevin ParkClaremont ARutgers A6710
Michael LiBrown ACornell A7410
Clark SmithOhio State AMaryland A7510
Robert CondronChicago CIndiana A7610
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AYale A7610
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley ACornell B8110
Halle FriedmanNYU AVanderbilt A8110
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AToronto A8210
Tracy MirkinFlorida ADuke A8310
Todd MaslykMichigan ARutgers B8610
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AWUSTL B8610
Matt JacksonChicago AStanford A8710
Annabelle YangWUSTL AChicago B9710
Matthew SiffYale BVirginia A9710
Michael MaysImperial AMinnesota B9710
Alex SchmidtPenn State ASouth Carolina A9810
Quynh PhungPurdue AJohns Hopkins A11610
Guy IndoranteIowa State AGeorgia Tech B12510
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BFlorida B12510
Steven YuanUC Berkeley BHouston A12710