Question

While performing this role, Maria Callas’s hair caught on fire. Leontyne (20[1])Price played this role as the first (0[1])Black (0[1])singer in a televised opera. This character, based on a role in a Sardou play, sings about a cottage in “Non (0[1])la sospiri, la nostra casetta.” A singer reappeared on stage three extra times while playing this role because stagehands had replaced a mattress with a trampoline. This character yells (0[1])“this is [this character’s] kiss!” while (*) stabbing a man. (10[2]0[3])This character’s lover sings (10[1])“E lucevan (0[1])le stelle’’ (10[2])(“eh LOO-cheh-van leh STEH-lay”) as he writes (0[1])a letter to this character while waiting for execution. (10[2])This singer of “Vissi d’arte” (0[1])(“VEE-see DAR-tay”) jumps (10[1])off the Castel (10[1])Sant’Angelo (0[1])after a firing squad (10[1])shoots her lover (0[1])Cavaradossi. (10[1])For 10 points, name this (0[1])title soprano role of a Puccini opera. (10[1]0[4])■END■ (10[9]0[12])

ANSWER: Floria Tosca [accept either underlined]
<Jaimie Carlson, Fine Arts - Opera&gt; ~26137~ &lt;Editor: Young Lee>
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2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y3367%3%0%105.59

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Charles YoungBarrington AThomas Jefferson A1020
Eleanor HeydtMidtownWalter Payton170
Lucas ArdeleanInnovation Academy AChattahoochee B180
Arjun KalaUniversity LabHunter A390
Diane Buffet-MogulMercer CountyWaukee680
Lynda MaBarrington BLincoln-Way East7710
Aiden DombroskyHoover BDetroit Catholic Central B770
Sinecio MoralesRockford Auburn ADetroit Country Day7710
Dennis YangTroyJohns Creek A770
Dwij BhattWilliam FremdWinston Churchill A770
Ben YanceyDetroit Catholic Central ADallas County8110
Samarth RamPlymouthRichard Montgomery830
Grace LiuThomas Jefferson BCanyon Crest8510
Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee AThomas Jefferson C8510
Jeffrey LiuHinsdale CentralWinston Churchill B880
Camden WilliamsMexicoIrvington A9710
Ave RiegerNorthmont AChoate Rosemary Hall9710
Bryce CruiseHeightsParkway West1020
Evan LinWoodlandMira Loma10310
Cindy GaoBelmontKinkaid10610
Brodie HenryWest PointHunter B1070
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BJohn Adams A11110
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BThomas Jefferson D1140
Bridget ScrantonNorthmont BMaggie Walker B11510
Omar HamidDunbarMaggie Walker A1200
Adam HartzJohn Adams BInnovation Academy B1270
Varun VenkatagiriInnovation Academy BJohn Adams B1270
Genevieve LakeSaint JosephElkhorn North1270
Atharva UpadhyeWaukeeMercer County1270
Colette KendrickWinston Churchill BHinsdale Central12710
Ryan DaiCarbondaleStevenson A1280
Monit KarmakerStevenson ACarbondale1280
Matt MokrzyckiCarl SandburgNew Brighton1280
Lily ThaiNew BrightonCarl Sandburg1280
Sean LeeChattahoochee BInnovation Academy A12810
Dominic ApapDetroit Catholic Central BHoover B1280
Chris GoolsbyDetroit Catholic Central CWashington1280
Hayden LeyWashingtonDetroit Catholic Central C1280
Timothy PorterMaggie Walker ADunbar1280
Owen ArnesonParkway WestHeights12810
Alan FanThomas Jefferson DJohns Creek B1280
Catelyn RobertsMoberlyLake Highland1280
Aryan PathakLake HighlandMoberly1280
David BertolasiBelvidereNorris12810
Izzy LewisNorrisBelvidere1280
Joshua FanRichard MontgomeryPlymouth12810
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sSolon12810
Jeffrey XuJohns Creek ATroy12810
Evan SchleckHunter AUniversity Lab12810
Matias RoaWalter PaytonMidtown12810
Andy YuWinston Churchill AWilliam Fremd12810