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This opera is the subject of a 1977 Philip Brett paper that foreshadowed New Musicology. Colin Davis’s 1978 recording of this opera features Jon Vickers’s much darker treatment of the title character. (10[1])In this opera’s ending mad scene, the tenor lead’s monologue (10[1])is punctuated by solo tuba calls and an offstage chorus shouting his name. (10[1])Just before (10[1])that scene, (10[1])this opera’s female lead describes how a hobby “in childhood was a luxury of idleness” (10[1])as she identifies a dead body in the “Embroidery (-5[1])Aria.” (10[3])This opera’s (10[1])passages “Dawn,” “Sunday Morning,” “Moonlight,” (10[1])and “Storm” were published (10[1])as its composer’s Opus (10[1])33. (10[1])This (10[2])opera was written for its composer’s partner (10[1])Peter (10[1])Pears (10[1])(“peers”), who plays a fisherman whose apprentices (10[1])die (10[1])suspiciously. (10[1])For 10 points, name this opera (10[1])from which the Four Sea Interludes were excerpted by composer Benjamin Britten. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Peter Grimes
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chris SimsNorthwesternBrown3110
Eve FleisigBerkeley AYale A4110
Jack RadoColumbia BWUSTL B5410
Matt SchiavonePurdueIndiana5610
Justin WytmarIllinoisGeorgia Tech5810
Ivvone ZhouNorth Carolina BCornell B7310
Ashish SubramanianDukeToronto B82-5
Sky LiToronto AMaryland8310
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BChicago D8310
Will OrrYale BVirginia8310
Jared HeWaterlooChicago B8510
Denis LiuArizona StateClaremont Colleges9010
Ryan SunBerkeley BTruman State9410
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsIowa State9810
Annabelle YangWUSTL ANorth Carolina A9910
Aidan FeinVanderbiltChicago C10010
Matt JacksonChicago ACornell A10010
Halle FriedmanNYUMichigan10710
Aum MundheRutgersFlorida10810
Joel MilesMinnesota AStanford10910
Forrest WeintraubColumbia ATexas11510
Adrian WongOttawaPenn11610
Joy AnHarvardKentucky11710
Sam BakerMcGillSouth Carolina12310
Ben WismathToronto BDuke13610