Question
Hungarian composers Emmerich Kálmán and Franz Lehár are best known for a style of operetta named for this city. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this city, whose busy opera house was the first major building on its Ringstrasse, or Ring Road. The waltz was popularized in this city.
ANSWER: Vienna [or Wien (“VEEN”); accept Viennese operetta; accept Wiener Staatsoper]
[10h] This dance and the word “princess” titles Kálmán’s best known Viennese operetta. In an operetta by Johann Strauss II, Rosalinde pretends to be a countess by describing the “Sounds of my homeland” while imitating this traditional Hungarian folk dance.
ANSWER: csárdás (“CHAR-dahsh”) [accept The Csárdás Princess or Die Csárdásfurstin]
[10m] That csárdás appears in this operetta by Johann Strauss II, in which Adele sings a “Laughing Song” at Prince Orlofsky’s ball.
ANSWER: Die Fledermaus [or The Bat]
<Ivvone Zhou, Fine Arts - Opera> ~22639~ <Editor: Ivvone Zhou>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 13.89 | 78% | 31% | 31% |