Tosca - 2025 PACE NSC - Buzzpoints App

Question

Angela Gheorghiu ("g'YORR-g'yoo") interrupted a tenor encore in a 2024 performance of this opera to say, "It's a performance. It's not a recital. Respect me." A spinto tenor remembers "sweet kisses, languorous caresses" in an aria from Act III of this opera that begins with a wistful clarinet solo. (20[2])In (20[1])Act I of this opera, that tenor describes the (0[1])"contrasting beauties" of his lover (20[1])and of (20[1])a blonde (20[1])woman he (*) painted (10[1])as Mary (10[2])Magdalene. (10[8]0[1])This (10[1]0[1])opera's (10[1])title (10[2])soprano (10[1])gives a safe-conduct (10[1])pass to the singer of "Recondita armonia" (10[2])and (10[1])"E (0[1])lucevan (10[1]0[1])le stelle" ("ay loo-CHAY-von lay STELL-ay"). In this opera, Baron Scarpia (10[1])orders a firing (10[1])squad to execute Mario Cavaradossi. (0[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])Puccini opera (10[1])that ends with the title diva jumping off (10[1])the Castel (10[1]0[2])Sant'Angelo. (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Seven Lakes	47	20
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Strake Jesuit A	47	20
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Thomas Jefferson C	48	20
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Glenbrook South	57	0
Arianne Amasol	Yukon A	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	62	20
Sophia Guo	Thomas Jefferson B	Fremd	64	20
Harini Ramakrishnan	Saratoga	Audrain County AT	66	20
Ben Yancey	Detroit Catholic Central A	Winston Churchill A	69	10
Ian Droessler Wilson	Innovation Academy B	Lincoln-Way East B	71	10
Luke De Bruin	Homewood-Flossmoor	Park Tudor	71	10
Brian Pho	Carmel A	Northside College Prep	72	10
Jack O’Brien	Edina	Belmont	72	10
Brady Shih	Detroit Catholic Central C	Fairfield County AT	72	10
Lucas Ardelean	Innovation Academy A	Strake Jesuit B	72	10
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Lambert A	72	0
Manu Sankaran	Lambert A	Hinsdale Central A	72	10
Gugan Thuduppathy	Montgomery Blair A	Herron	72	10
Micah Chacon	Page	Uni School of Nashville B	72	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Hunter A	72	10
Spencer Manning	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Richard Montgomery	73	10
Daniel Guo	Uni School of Nashville A	Saint Joseph	73	0
Ethan Kral	Northmont	Carmel B	74	10
Lynda Ma	Barrington	Eastchester	75	10
Snehan Saroch	Russell	Winston Churchill B	75	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Irvington	76	10
Darren Kellis	Milton	Parkway West	79	10
Samy El-Zahabi	Chattahoochee B	White Pigeon	86	10
Philip Calabrese	Detroit Catholic Central B	Wayzata	86	10
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Centennial A	87	10
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	North Quincy	88	0
Leo Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Lambert B	89	10
Kartik Bhat	Solon	Coronado	89	0
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Lee's Summit	96	10
Anthony Zhao	Thomas Jefferson A	Lindbergh	99	10
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Chattahoochee A	104	0
Elena Whitford	Walter Payton A	Thomas Jefferson D	109	10
Nicholas Díaz	Carl Sandburg	Thomas Jefferson E	111	10
Jeremy Kantsiper	Centennial B	Adlai E. Stevenson B	119	10
Hector Rodriguez	Walter Payton B	Georgetown Day	121	0
Kevin Zheng	Quince Orchard	Virginia	121	0
Hamin Song	Okemos	Yukon B	121	10
Alexander Schramm	North Quincy	Montgomery Blair B	122	10
Paige Koczan	Coronado	Solon	122	0
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Walter Payton B	123	0
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Northview	123	0
Kaiden Lee	Northview	Grosse Pointe South	123	10
Kevin Fan	Johns Creek	Kane County AT	123	10
Cormac Kennedy	Saint Joseph	Uni School of Nashville A	123	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	88%	14%	0%	82.89