In one of this composer's operas, the second act begins with the "Hagar Chorus"; that opera by this non-Satie composer includes the "Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie)." Another opera by this composer begins with the chorus "We believed that matter can be neither created nor destroyed but only altered in form." In Act II of another of his operas, the title character and
In one of this composer's operas, the second act begins with the "Hagar Chorus"; that opera by this non-Satie composer includes the "Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie)." Another opera by this composer begins with the chorus "We believed that matter can be neither created nor destroyed but only altered in form." In Act II of another of his operas, the title character and his wife watch the ballet The Red Detachment of Women; after the ballet, a coloratura soprano angrily shrieks "I am the wife of Mao Tse-Tung" at the title character. For 10 points, name this American composer of The Death of Klinghoffer, Doctor Atomic, and Nixon in China.
In one of this composer's operas, the second act begins with the "Hagar Chorus"; that opera by this non-Satie composer includes the "Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnopédie)."