Round 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 aria from this opera that features orchestral soloists on flute, oboe, violin, and cello was written for Caterina Cavalieri. A coloratura bass aria in this opera contains a low D2 that is held for 8 measures on the word “Ruh” (“ROO”). In this opera, (*) Pedrillo loves the English maid Blondchen, whose mistress resolves to withstand “tortures of all kinds” in the aria “Martern aller arten.” Joseph II apocryphally complained that there were “too many notes” in this singspiel (10[1]-5[1])(“ZING-shpeel”) in which Belmonte pretends to be an architect to infiltrate Pasha (10[1])Selim’s (10[1])house. For 10 points, name this Mozart opera in which Konstanze is rescued from a harem. ■END■ (10[2])

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