Question
This city’s open-air opera house has a moat around the pit, a rain-collecting white roof, an orange façade, and an exposed vista in lieu of a backdrop. For 10 points each:
[10h] What city’s opera company, founded by John Crosby, performed The Rake’s Progress, Oedipus Rex, and The Nightingale in its first 5 seasons? Its chamber music festival commissioned Ned Rorem’s song cycle based on poems by Witter Bynner and performs at the Moorish-inspired Lensic Theater.
ANSWER: Santa Fe, New Mexico [accept Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, or Santa Fe Songs]
[10e] Robert Craft conducted Santa Fe Opera’s premiere of this composer’s serialist musical play The Flood. Crosby convinced this composer to conduct The Nightingale on his 80th birthday in Santa Fe, where he also conducted his Mass, Threni, and Symphony of Psalms.
ANSWER: Igor Stravinsky
[10m] Santa Fe Opera premiered Mason Bates’s opera about “the (r)evolution of” this founder, which incorporates electronica and guitar and won a 2019 Grammy. Kōbun advised this writer of the anti-DRM open letter “Thoughts on Music” who popularized the liberating slogan “Rip. Mix. Burn.”
ANSWER: Steve Jobs [accept The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs]
<OL, Classical Music and Opera>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 100% | 0% | 14% |