Question
An operatic character with this first name compares the sky to “one big blanket of velvet and diamon’s” in the aria “Ain’t It a Pretty Night?” For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this name of the addressee of a song with nonsense lyrics like “It rained all night the day I left / the weather it was dry.” That song’s idea of a man with a banjo traveling to his lover may come from “The Rose of Alabama.”
ANSWER: Susannah [accept Susannah Polk; accept “Oh! Susanna”]
[10h] This composer recalls that a record company said they were not interested in Stephen Foster when rejecting an opportunity to record his opera Susannah. This Southerner is sometimes hailed as the “Father of American Opera.”
ANSWER: Carlisle Sessions Floyd
[10e] Floyd’s Susannah adapts a story from Biblical Apocrypha to a setting in this state. Susanna Philips’ repertoire includes a Samuel Barber vocal work set in this state in the Summer of 1915.
ANSWER: Tennessee [or TN] (The opera is set in the small town of New Hope Valley, and the Barber work is set in Knoxville.)
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Data
| BHSU ReFantazio | BHSU Rebirth | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |