Question
Yuja Wang played this excerpt as an encore at her 2023 Rachmaninoff marathon with the Philadelphia Orchestra. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this four-movement ballet sequence with a prominent flute solo from the Paris version of Christoph Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. This excerpt plays after the Furies let Orpheus into Elysium.
ANSWER: "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" [or "Danse des esprits bienheureux"; or "Dance of the Happy Shades"]
[10m] In the Paris version of Orfeo ed Euridice, Orpheus is sung by a haute-contre, or French countertenor, instead of this type of singer. These male singers could sing soprano parts.
ANSWER: castrato [or castrati; accept evirato or evirati]
[10e] Gluck originally wrote "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" for a ballet about this womanizer who is dragged to Hell at the end of a Mozart opera.
ANSWER: Don Juan [or Don Giovanni; prompt on Juan or Giovanni]
<Fine Arts - Other Fine Arts - Opera>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlai E. Stevenson B | Yukon A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Carmel A | Northside College Prep | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Downingtown STEM | Grosse Pointe South | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Fremd | Northmont | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgetown Day | Irvington | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Montgomery Blair B | Hunter B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Uni School of Nashville A | Uni of Illinois Laboratory | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 7 | 21.43 | 100% | 86% | 29% |