Question

Dmitri Hvorostovsky starred in a 2001 film adaptation of this opera titled “[this opera] Unmasked.” An orchestra in this opera plays quotations from the earlier operas Una cosa rara and Fra i due litiganti while the title character takes huge mouthfuls of food. An aria in this opera opens with (15[1])an [read slowly] A, A, B, C-sharp, A, F-sharp, (15[1]-5[1])up to B during which the protagonist asks a peasant girl to marry him. That aria from this opera, (*) “Là ci darem (-5[1])la mano,” is addressed to Zerlina. In another aria in this opera, a servant sings of “marchionesses, princesses, and women of every rank” seduced by the title character. For 10 points, the title (10[1])libertine is dragged to hell by the Commendatore in which opera (10[1])by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? ■END■

ANSWER: Don Giovanni [or Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni; or The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael GeCornell WindRochester C4915
Raymond WangCornell EarthCornell Fire58-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia Ly-αCornell Wind5815
Archita AmudhanRochester CRochester A80-5
Cade ReinbergerRITRochester B11310
Jiming ChenCornell FireCornell Earth12410

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2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y475%25%50%98.33
2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y1100%100%0%49.00
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite)2023-10-21Y888%0%25%96.29