Q: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
In one of this composer's operas, Adriano is killed trying to capture the title character. This man also wrote an opera that includes the "Dance of the Apprentices" and centers around a vocal contest. This composer of Rienzi is most famous for an(*) operatic cycle that begins with a 136 measure E-flat drone in the prelude and ends with Brunnhilde ordering a funeral pyre for Siegfried in The Twilight of the Gods. For 10 points, name this German composer of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg and the Ring Cycle, which contains the "Ride of the Valkyries."
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Fine Arts