An unaccompanied operatic duet by this composer begins with the title male lead singing in F minor while the female lead begins in E major, before they converge on an E-flat. That duet ends the prologue to an opera in which the male lead sings "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades." In another opera, a male virgin is selected Queen of May Day but vanishes that night to go on a debauched adventure. This composer wrote most of h
An unaccompanied operatic duet by this composer begins with the title male lead singing in F minor while the female lead begins in E major, before they converge on an E-flat. That duet ends the prologue to an opera in which the male lead sings "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades." In another opera, a male virgin is selected Queen of May Day but vanishes that night to go on a debauched adventure. This composer wrote most of his principal tenor parts for his partner Peter Pears, including the title roles of (*) Albert Herring and Billy Budd. He extracted Four Sea Interludes from an opera in which a fisherman is charged with causing his apprentice's death and later sinks his own boat out at sea. For 10 points, name this British composer of Peter Grimes.