Question
Answer the following about the similar life experiences of Beethoven and Mozart that influenced their operatic compositions. For 10 points each:
[10h] Countess Maria Wilhelmine Thun, who patronized a young Mozart and Beethoven, arranged for Mozart to perform extracts from this opera, such as the tenor aria “Fuor del mar” and “Zeffiretti lusinghieri (“LOO-sing-ee-EH-ree”).”
ANSWER: Idomeneo, re di Creta [or Idomeneo, King of Crete]
[10e] Both Mozart and Beethoven wrote operatic arias for the soprano Josepha Duschek (”DOO-shek”) while visiting this city. This city's State Opera was known for 40 years as the Smetana Theatre to honor its resident Bedřich Smetana.
ANSWER: Prague [or Praha]
[10m] Emanuel Schikaneder sponsored and wrote the librettos to Mozart's The Magic Flute and Beethoven's operatic fragment Vestas Feuer (“FOY-er”). However, Beethoven abandoned that opera and wrote Fidelio about this woman married to Florestan.
ANSWER: Leonore
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Summary
| 2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley | 11/02/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl CWRU | 11/02/2024 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Chicago | 11/02/2024 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 88% | 50% | 13% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Florida | 10/26/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Harvard | 10/26/2024 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite | 11/02/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Texas | 11/02/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl UK | 10/26/2024 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl UNC | 10/26/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Berkeley B | Berkeley A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Stanford | Berkeley C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |