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The title role of an opera by this composer was originated by Gerald Finley and was originally envisioned as a modern day Faust. Puccini’s La fanciulla (“fahn-CHOO-lah”) del West inspired this composer’s opera about the California gold rush. (20[1])The title character (20[1])of an opera by this composer repeats the word “news” (20[2])twelve (20[1])times (20[2])at the start (20[2])of (20[1])an (20[1])aria in which (20[1])he recalls (20[1])a momentous handshake. (*) Peter Sellars (10[1])wrote (10[1])the (10[1])libretto for an opera by this composer (10[1])that contains the aria “Batter my heart, three-person’d God.” (10[2])In this composer’s first (10[1])opera, the title character travels in the Spirit of ’76 (10[6])and watches (10[1])a performance (10[1])of The Red Detachment of Women. For 10 points, name this composer of Doctor Atomic (10[1])and Nixon in China. (10[3])■END■ (10[4])

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