Question

This tenor character sings the love duet “It’s a love song” with a soprano who likens herself to a still-faithful turtledove who has fled. This man exclaims, “O God! of what intoxication,” when succumbing to the seductions of a deceitful courtesan, and is roused from a drunken stupor when a trouser role character sheds her disguise and declares her love for him. This character’s (-5[1])beloved sings a coloratura aria punctuated by periodic interruptions and the sound of a ratchet, about “The birds in the bower.” Three women in the opera are (*) actually different facets of this character’s beloved, Stella. This man becomes infatuated with the Venetian courtesan Giulietta, who sings the duet with Nicklausse “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (“BELL-uh NWEE, oh NWEE dah-MOOR”). “The Doll Song” and a barcarolle feature in an opera titled for this man. For 10 points, name this author whose “tales” (10[1])title (10[1])an opera by Jacques Offenbach. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: E. T. A. Hoffmann [or Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; or Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; accept The Tales of Hoffmann or Les contes d’Hoffmann]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Addie KingJames Madison ASouth Carolina B63-5
Jack ObermanSouth Carolina AJames Madison B14010
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina BNC State14110
Aditya SharmaDukeNorth Carolina A14610

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2023 ARCADIA at DukeEmory, Duke, YaleY475%0%25%142.33
2023 ARCADIA at EmoryEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%0%140.75
2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY5100%60%20%107.20
2023 ARCADIA at MarylandMaryland, OnlineY367%0%0%143.00
2023 ARCADIA OnlineMaryland, OnlineY3100%0%0%136.67
2023 ARCADIA at TexasOhio State, TexasY3100%0%0%145.33
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio StateOhio State, TexasY367%0%33%146.00