Packet 6: Bonus 14
This conductor hired Franco Alfano to help complete a posthumous opera, only to not actually use any of his work. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this conductor, who oversaw Alfano’s completion of Turandot and conducted its 1926 world premiere. This conductor also premiered Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings as the leader of the NBC Orchestra.
ANSWER: Arturo Toscanini
[10e] Toscanini was begged to “not let Turandot die” by this composer, who died before completing it but lived to see the premieres of La Boheme and Madame Butterfly.
ANSWER: Giacomo Puccini
[10m] Original language term required. Instead of playing any of Alfano’s music, Toscanini ended Turandot’s (“turr-anh-DOHS”) premiere in Act III by declaring “at this point the maestro died,” shortly after the aria Nessun Dorma, where Prince Calaf sings this Italian word three times at the top of his lungs.
ANSWER: Vincerò (“VEEN-chay-roh”)
<Fine Arts - Other, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 06
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| 44 | 14.77 | 91% | 30% | 27% |
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 7.50 | 75% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 0% | 20% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 38% | 50% |