Question
The 2023 La Scala production of an opera from this country set its first and third acts in a submerged gothic cathedral and introduces its title character in a wheelchair wearing a pink tentacled dress. A composer from this country used his technique of “speech-melodies” to evoke natural vocal patterns in a character’s plea for forgiveness after drowning her stepdaughter’s baby in an icy stream. In one opera from this country, ascending harp chords in 3/8 open the aria “Song to the Moon.” In that opera from this country, a prince dies after kissing the title water nymph. Folk dances like the furiant and polka feature in an opera from this country, whose other operas include Rusalka and Jenůfa (“yeh-NOO-fah”). For 10 points, name this country home to operas by composers Leoš Janáček (“YA-na-check”) and Antonín Dvořák ■END■
Summary
2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 107.00 |
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 38% | 111.25 |
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 86% | 0% | 29% | 108.33 |
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 44% | 106.67 |
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 43% | 121.71 |
2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 63% | 134.57 |
2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 117.00 |
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 80% | 0% | 40% | 125.50 |
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 30% | 98.50 |
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 70% | 0% | 50% | 111.14 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Dylan Tanouye | Tufts B | Carabrandeis | 73 | -5 |
Rohan Ganeshan | Harvard A | Tufts A | 84 | 10 |
Yixi Yang | Yale A | Brown A | 97 | 10 |
Yrwin Batan | MIT A | Yale C | 97 | 10 |
Peter Nelson | Yale B | A Brandeis Supreme | 97 | 10 |
Jaehyun Park | Boston University A | Bowdoin B | 104 | -5 |
Michael Zheng | Amherst A | Clark A | 118 | -5 |
Mark | Williams A | Diamond Brandeis | 131 | -5 |
Evan Lucca | Bowdoin A | BU B | 133 | -5 |
Rajat Sethi | Northeastern A | Brandeises Brew | 134 | 10 |
Graham Lucas | Bowdoin B | Boston University A | 134 | 10 |
Hanson Huynh | BU B | Bowdoin A | 135 | 0 |
Jack Yesner | Carabrandeis | Tufts B | 135 | 0 |
Chris | Diamond Brandeis | Williams A | 135 | 10 |
Derek Fino | Clark A | Amherst A | 135 | 0 |