Packet 13: Tossup 18

Lyrics describing this character’s visit to Auerbach’s cellar (-5[1])inspired Modest Mussorgsky’s “Song of the Flea.” Arrigo Boito’s only completed (15[1])opera is titled for this character. A set of pieces titled for this character begins (-5[1])with “The Dance in the Village Inn” and is (15[1])based on a Nikolaus Lenau play. In a Berlioz composition titled for a “Damnation,” this character offers to take a (*) scholar on a journey. After receiving a gift from this non-title character, Marguerite sings the “Jewel Song” in Charles Gounod’s most famous opera. For 10 points, four Franz Liszt waltzes are named after what literary character (-5[1])to whom Faust sells his soul? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

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