Packet J: Tossup 18

An imprisoned character with this profession calls on the “ultima dea” in an Act IV aria, after which an offstage baritone sings the Marseillaise. That tenor with this profession criticizes people who don’t understand love or care for the poor in the aria (-5[1])“Un dì all’azzurro spazio” (“oon DEE ahl-LAHT-tsoor-oh SPAHTS-yo”), or “L’improvviso.” In an Act I aria, a man with this profession asks, “E come vivo? Vivo” (“EH KOH-meh vivo? vivo”) and calls (10[1])himself a (-5[1])“millionaire in spirit.” A man with this profession is executed during the Reign of Terror in Umberto Giordano’s opera Andrea (-5[1])Chénier (10[4])(“shen-YAY”). At the start of a verismo opera, a tenor (-5[1])with this profession burns a script (10[1]-5[1])to keep warm. (10[1]-5[7])A man with (10[1]-5[3])this (-5[1])profession sings (-5[1])the aria (0[1])“Che gelida (-5[1])manina” (10[2]-5[3])(“keh JEH-lee-dah mah-NEE-nah”) to a (-5[1])woman (-5[1])who leaves (-5[1])him (-5[1])for (10[1])a (-5[1])viscount (-5[3])before (10[1])dying of consumption. (-5[2])For 10 points, name this profession of Mimi’s lover (-5[2])Rodolfo (10[1]-5[3])in La Bohème. (10[1])■END■ (10[16]0[67])

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