Question
The patricians Annio and Sesto from this composer’s opera La Clemenza di Tito are trouser roles, which are male characters performed by women. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this composer who created the maid Despina, who crossdresses as a male doctor as part of a plan to test the fidelity of two men’s fiancées in Così fan tutte.
ANSWER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [or Johannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart]
[10m] A mezzo-soprano usually plays Idamante, the son of the title king of Crete, in this Mozart opera.
ANSWER: Idomeneo [or Idomeneo, re di Creta; or Idomeneo, King of Crete; or Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante]
[10h] Likely the most famous of Mozart’s trouser roles is the page Cherubino from The Marriage of Figaro, who sings this aria that describes his feelings of love for the Countess while Susanna accompanies him on guitar.
ANSWER: “Voi che sapete” [or “Voi che sapete che cosa è amor”]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown A | Florida A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Chicago B | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia A | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia B | Minnesota B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell A | Ohio State A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Stanford A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech B | South Carolina A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Harvard A | North Carolina A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Illinois A | Claremont A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Imperial A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Indiana A | Cornell B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Iowa State A | WUSTL B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Johns Hopkins A | Vanderbilt A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| MIT A | Northwestern A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| McGill A | Penn State A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Michigan A | NYU A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Purdue A | Houston A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Rutgers A | Virginia A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rutgers B | Florida B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas A | Chicago C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Toronto A | Minnesota A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| WUSTL A | Maryland A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yale A | Duke A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yale B | Penn A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |