Question
Almira is the only completely surviving Hamburg opera by this composer, who names a baroque music festival in Göttingen. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Anglo-German composer whose oratorios that have often been staged as operas include Semele, Jephtha, and Saul, but not his Messiah.
ANSWER: George Frideric Handel
[10h] In this Handel opera, a natural horn backs the title character's hunting-themed aria "Va tacito e nascosto." In this opera's "Svegliatevi nel core," Sesto swears revenge on Tolomeo for beheading his father, a historic statesman.
ANSWER: Giulio Cesare in Egitto [or Julius Caesar in Egypt]
[10m] This Italian phrase describes arias such as Giulio Cesare's "Va tacito e nascosto," whose third section is a repeat of the first. This two-word phrase tells musicians to return to the beginning, possibly before going on to the coda.
ANSWER: da capo [or da capo arias; or da capo al coda; prompt on D.C. al coda]
<Clark Smith , Art - Music/Opera - Baroque>
Summary
| 2023 NASAT | 06/17/2023 | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 78% | 11% |
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