Round 1: Tossup 4

In a piece titled in French for this genre, the solo violinist enters with a long low B, then a fast E major scale landing on a B two octaves higher; that piece’s opening is marked allegretto lusinghiero (“loo-sing-YAIR-oh”). A movement in this genre precedes the concluding “Feria” of a rhapsody by Maurice Ravel. After a violin showpiece’s introduction, a moderato [emphasize] movement in this genre may insert a countermelody taken from a different fantasy by Franz Waxman. The second movement of a fantasy by Pablo de Sarasate (-5[1])adapts a mezzo-soprano aria in this genre whose melody chromatically descends from D. The singer of that aria in this genre repeats “prends garde à toi” (“prahn GARD ah TWAH”), tosses a flower at Don José (“zho-ZAY”), and claims that (10[1])“love is a rebellious bird.” (10[1])For 10 points, an aria from Carmen is in what genre (-5[1])named for a Cuban city? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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