Question
Wye Jamison Allanbrook’s analysis of dance rhythms and social class in this opera influenced Peter Sellars’ 1988 production of it set in Trump Tower. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this opera whose title character mocks his employer by imitating the upper class minuet in his cavatina “Se vuol ballare.” (“say vwal ba-LAR-ay”)
ANSWER: The Marriage of Figaro [or Le Nozze di Figaro] (Allanbrook’s book is called Rhythmic Gesture in Mozart.)
[10e] This Mozart character hosts a ball in which the pit orchestra and two onstage ensembles play three different dances simultaneously. During a feast, a statue of the Commendatore drags this character to hell.
ANSWER: Don Giovanni [prompt on Don Juan]
[10h] Allanbrook describes this peasant dance in Don Giovanni’s Champagne Aria as “danceless.” A similarly-named contemporary folk dance features couples lining up in two long lines and dancing down the line to the caller’s instructions, similar to a square dance.
ANSWER: contredanse [or contra dance]
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Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Berkeley A | Stanford A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Berkeley B | Berkeley C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |