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Classical Quiz No. 2
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The Classical Quiz No. 2
Last week’s winner was Michael Stubbart, a high school senior and percussionist with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Now here is this week’s quiz. From the AJC this week, name the composer who
1) heard explosive jazz saxophonist John Coltrane perform some 50 times.
2) wrote a new opera called “A Scholar Under Siege” about Georgia Gov. Eugene Talmadge’s race-baiting politics in the 1940s.
3) was commissioned by owners of a fabulous estate in Washington, DC and who named the work after the house.
The first person to email me all three correct answers will receive a Mozart bonanza: DVDs of all three Da Ponte operas. “Marriage of Figaro” and “Cosi fan tutte” are from 1970s productions at the Glyndebourne Festival, with an excellent young cast — Kiri Te Kanawa sings the Countess, for example — and conducted by John Pritchard. “Don Giovanni” is from La Scala, with Thomas Allen singing the bad boy lead and conducted by Riccardo Muti. Please include your name and daytime phone number.
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