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In one opera, the oboe occasionally interjects as a character performing this action laments her withered flowers and sings the aria “Ah! non credea mirarti / sì presto estinto, o fiore.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this title action of an 1831 opera. Elvino calls off a wedding after mistakenly believing that a woman performing this action is having an affair with Rodolfo when she ends up in his room.
ANSWER: sleepwalking [or somnambulism or noctambulism; accept La Sonnambula or The Sleepwalker; prompt on sleeping; prompt on walking]
[10e] A line from Amina’s “flower aria” from La Sonnambula is inscribed on the tomb of this Italian composer of bel canto operas such as Norma.
ANSWER: Vincenzo (“veen-CHENT-so”) Bellini [or Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini]
[10h] Besides Amina, Maria Callas’s signature Bellini roles include Imogene, a woman who is seduced by one of these people named Gualtiero. In an operetta, one of these title characters sings “Oh, is there not one maiden breast?”
ANSWER: pirates [accept Il pirata or The Pirates of Penzance; accept swashbucklers or privateers or buccaneers or corsairs; prompt on sailors or robbers or thieves or thief or seamen or mariners]
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Columbia AJohn Jay010010
Johns HopkinsHaverford010010
Columbia BNYU A010010
Columbia CNYU B010010
PennVassar010010