Question
The works of Corneille and Racine serve as the foundation for this genre, which typically begin with an allegorical prelude extolling the king, such as depicting him as Apollo slaying the Python of Delphi. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this operatic genre pioneered by Jean-Baptiste Lully. This genre was invented with Lully’s opera Cadmus et Hermione, and became the foundation for later operas like Charpentier’s Médée and Rameau’s Castor et Pollux.
ANSWER: tragédie en musique (“tra-jay-DEE on myoo-ZEEK”) [or tragédie lyrique; or musical tragedy; or lyrical tragedy]
[10e] Lully developed tragédie en musique as court composer for this ruler. This king’s role as Apollo in Ballet Royal de la Nuit (“nwee”) supported his presentation as the “Sun King.”
ANSWER: Louis XIV (“the fourteenth”) [or Louis the Great; or Louis le Grand; prompt on Louis]
[10m] As French opera developed, it diverged from this Italian operatic style due to French preference for recitatives and dislike of castrati singers. This style is contrasted with opera buffa.
ANSWER: opera seria
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| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
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