Question
In one opera, Amina unknowingly performs this action as she mourns, “I did not believe you would fade so soon, oh flower,” a phrase inscribed on the grave of its composer who died at age 33. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this action. Verdi called for a “hollow and stifled” soprano voice to sing a fragile high D-flat on the word “andiam” (“ahn-DYAHM”) at the end of another scene nicknamed for this action.
ANSWER: sleepwalking [prompt on crossing a bridge by asking “while performing what action?”]
[10m] Amina is the title “sleepwalker” of a bel canto opera by this composer. The title druid priestess prays to the moon goddess for peace in the cavatina “Casta diva” from this composer’s most famous opera.
ANSWER: Vincenzo Bellini (The opera is Norma.)
[10e] Verdi wrote his sleepwalking scene for his adaptation of this Shakespeare play, which casts a chorus of 18 women to play three witches who predict the title character will become King of Scotland.
ANSWER: Macbeth [or The Tragedy of Macbeth; prompt on The Scottish Play or The Bard’s Play]
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| 2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
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| 2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
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