This opera’s title character begs the “implacable goddess” Diana to give her the ferocity to kill her brother in her aria, “Je t’implore et je tremble.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this opera that swaps an overture for a short, calm passage preceding a more aggressive depiction of a storm at sea. Nicolas-François Guillard wrote the libretto to this opera, which includes a part for King Thoas.
ANSWER: Iphigénie en Tauride [or Iphigenia in Tauris]
[10m] Iphigenia in Tauris was written by this composer, who wrote a mythologically inspired “reform opera” that includes the aria “Che farò senza” and an Act 2 ballet sequence.
ANSWER: Christoph Willibald Gluck [or Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck]
[10e] Though originally written in French, Gluck wrote a version of Iphigenia in Tauris in this language for the visit of Grand Duke Paul. Der Freischutz is an opera in this language by Carl Maria von Weber.
ANSWER: German [or Deutsch]
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