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. Paul Dukas’s only opera is titled for Ariane and a character with this adjective (15[1])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 “lake (10[1])of tears” 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■