In an opera from this century, a Snake Priestess played by a countertenor is consulted byAriadne, who tricks Theseus into choosing the hand in which she is not holding a stone.
In an opera from this century, a Snake Priestess played by a countertenor is consulted byAriadne, who tricks Theseus into choosing the hand in which she is not holding a stone. Anopera from this century ends with the passacaglia quintet "How good they are". A pasticcio from this century features mermaids swimming as Neptune sings a reworking of "Qu'a server mon corroux". Descending woodwind glissandos playing over percussion depict a "Brief Fireworks Display" in an opera from this century in which the singer RÃ©gine loses her voice afterwitnessing her lover be unfaithful to her. In this century, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest were fused in a work that adapted pre-existing music by Handel and Vivaldi, called The Enchanted Isle. Thomas Ades' The Tempest and Rufus Wainwright's Prima Donna were written in this century, in which Karlheinz Stockhausen wrote his final opera. For10 points, name this century in which Luciano Pavarotti died. 
In an opera from this century, a Snake Priestess played by a countertenor is consulted byAriadne, who tricks Theseus into choosing the hand in which she is not holding a stone.
:  21st century [or  2000s]