Packet 7: Tossup 5

In Solti’s (“SHOAL-tee’s”) 1988 ROH production of this opera, Kurt Moll’s character uses the wrong end of his spoon while learning to stir tea and drinks himself to sleep in the duet “Vivat Bacchus.” A soprano (15[1])aria from this opera (15[1])that features orchestral soloists on flute, oboe, violin, and cello (15[1])was written for Caterina Cavalieri. A coloratura bass aria in this opera contains a low D2 (15[1])that is held (15[1])for 8 measures on the (15[1])word “Ruh” (15[1])(“ROO”). In this (15[1])opera, (-5[1])(*) Pedrillo loves the English maid Blondchen, whose mistress resolves to withstand “tortures of all kinds” (10[1])in the aria (10[2])“Martern aller arten.” Joseph II (10[1])apocryphally (10[1])complained that there were “too many notes” (10[2])in this (-5[1])singspiel (10[4]-5[2])(“ZING-shpeel”) in which Belmonte (10[3])pretends to be (10[1])an architect to infiltrate Pasha (10[1])Selim’s (10[2])house. (10[4]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name this Mozart (-5[1])opera in which (10[1])Konstanze is rescued from a harem. (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[6])

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