A legend about a man with this occupation inspired a 2012 opera in which the Protector forces his wife Agnès (“ah-NYESS”) to eat her beloved’s heart; that opera is George Benjamin’s Written on Skin. After an orchestral introduction based on the overtone series of B-flat and F-sharp, a character with this occupation quotes the melody of “Lanquan li jorn.” At the end of an Act III cabaletta, a tenor with this occupation echoes a chorus of soldiers who repeat “all’armi!” In an opera inspired by the (*) vida of a man with this occupation, the Indigo Sea separates him from his beloved Clémence, the Countess of Tripoli. In “Di quella pira,” a tenor with this occupation resolves to rescue his mother Azucena. For 10 points, name this occupation of Jaufré in Saariaho’s L’amour de loin and of Manrico, who titles a Verdi opera featuring the “Anvil Chorus.” ■END■
ANSWER: troubadour [or trouvère; or trobador; accept Il trovatore; prompt on prince-troubadour or Prince of Blaye by asking, “what was his other occupation?”; prompt on musician, singer, composer, poet, minstrel, or jongleur]
<IZ, Classical Music and Opera>
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