Packet M: Bonus 1
One of these two characters growls, “La pagherai! Brigante!” in anger after the other rebuffs him from helping a woman dismount a cart. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name either of these two characters who may sing the closing line “la commedia è finita!” after the stabbing of Nedda. These two characters appear in an opera often performed as a double bill with Cavalleria Rusticana.
ANSWER: Canio OR Tonio [prompt on Pagliaccio or Taddeo; reject “clown”]
[10h] Tonio, in character as Taddeo, sings these two Italian words twice to the audience’s “ladies” and “gentlemen” to kick off the prologue of Pagliacci (“pall-YAH-chee”). These two words precede “morir” four times in the final stanza of “Una furtiva lagrima.”
ANSWER: “si può” (“see pwoh”) [or “Si può?”; or “Si può morir”]
[10e] Enrico Caruso and Luciano Pavarotti are among the most celebrated singers with this voice type to have played Canio.
ANSWER: tenor [or tenore; accept spinto tenor; accept dramatic tenor]
<Cambridge A, Other Fine Arts> | Packet-M_Cambridge-A_Illinois-A_Johns-Hopkins_Michigan-B_Northwestern-A_Notre-Dame-B_Toronto-B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 11.58 | 95% | 18% | 3% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandeis A | Dartmouth A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Brown A | Harvard B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Harvard A | BU | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| MIT A | Brandeis B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UMass Boston | Tufts A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 6 | 8.33 | 83% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 38% | 13% |