Packet 8: Bonus 10
Conductor Jordi Savall walked down the aisle in period costume during this opera’s opening toccata in a performance at Barcelona’s Liceu (“lee-SAY-oo”). For 10 points each:
[10e] What mythologically-inspired Claudio Monteverdi opera is the oldest to still be regularly performed?
ANSWER: L’Orfeo
[10h] After Orfeo sings of his newfound happiness in “Vi ricorda, o boschi ombrosi,” a chorus led by the Messenger tells him Euridice (“yoo-ree-DEE-chay”) has died in this aria. The rest of Act II consists of recitatives separated by reprises of this aria whose first word is the interjection “ahi.”
ANSWER: “Ahi, caso acerbo” [accept “Ah, bitter blow”]
[10m] In the following recitative “Tu se morta,” Orfeo resolves to “go, with certainty, to the deepest abyss” on a descending arpeggio, which exemplifies this compositional device first developed in Italian madrigals.
ANSWER: word painting [accept tone painting or text painting]
<FW, Auditory Fine Arts> | NAFTA-Packet-8
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 9.00 | 80% | 10% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic University A | Contessa Dora | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| JHU | Mike and Psmith | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Munir Siddiqui Fan Club | UNC Charity | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rosslyn Academic Team | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| https://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.png | Maryland F♯ A♯ ∞ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✕ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✕ | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 8.00 | 60% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✕ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✕ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✕ | 6 | 8.33 | 67% | 17% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✕ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |