Congratulations to Judy for her fantastic answers. She is 100% correct. The answers are Normal Treigle/John Hale/Blitch and Frances Bible/Elizabeth Proctor/Augusta Tabor.
The original John Hale was one of the great bass baritones: Norman Treigle. Norm was known as an acting singer, and he was THE bass at New York City Opera (NYCO) until Sam Ramey came along. He was known for being the first great Blitch in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah (he sang the New York premier, though he did not sing the world premier). Here's a link to his performing Blitch, just so you can get the flavor of his singing and acting and get a flavor of American opera:
The original Elizabeth Proctor was Frances Bible, another great American acting singer who spent many years with New York City Opera. She helped originate (though she did not premier) the role of Augusta Tabor in Douglas Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe, another highly successful American opera from the 50s. Bible died in 2001, not long before NYCO produced a new Baby Doe production. One of the performances was dedicated to her memory--some of her family were there. Here's a link to her singing Augusta's main aria at NYCO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Gl25Hphn8&feature=related (the aria starts at the 5:00 minute mark).
Vögelchen hopes you enjoyed the first Crucible Quiz and wants again to congratulate Judy for her hard work and correct answers. There will be more quiz questions in the future. In the meantime, Crucible Hysteria has officially started as all of the artists are in town and have begun rehearsing.
(Disclaimer: Vögelchen wants everyone to know that there are tons of people out there who know so much more about this stuff that he does, and it's possible he is incorrect. If you think he is wrong, definitely let him know.)
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