A police officer shoots the Son in a 2019 opera titled for this adjective by Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson. This adjective is the surname of a lyric soprano who won Grammys in 2021 and 2023 for the Met’s recordings of Porgy and Bess and Fire Shut Up in My Bones. (15[1])Paul Dukas’s only opera is titled for Ariane and a character with this adjective in his name. This color, the surname of an African American soprano named Angel, appears in the title of an opera that features a dissonant minor second (*) “blood motif.” In that opera, Judith finds a silvery (10[1])“lake of tears” (10[1])when opening the sixth door after marrying a man with this color in his name, who kills his wives and hides them in his closet. For 10 points, Béla Bartók’s only opera is about a Duke with a beard of what color? ■END■