How to sing MT vs Classical
WHICH GENRE IS "cricothyroid muscle" DOMINANT?
Classical
HOW MANY YEARS AGO DID THE "PREDECESSOR" OF MUSICAL THEATRE START?
2500 years ago in ancient Greece with staged comedies and tragedies including music and dance in open-air amphitheatres.
WHAT IS THE LONGEST STREET IN NYC?
Broadway
HOW MANY INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF WOOD DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A VIOLIN?
Over 70!! (pat on the back if you were close)
Was "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin an opera or a musical?
Opera, then adapted as musical
WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL THINGS THAT HAVE TO OCCUR TO SING MUSICAL THEATRE PROPERLY?
1. High larynx and tongue 2. Narrow pharyngeal space 3. High Lung Pressures
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN MUSICAL CREATED IN THE 1860S?
The Black Crook
HOW MANY OF THE 41 BROADWAY THEATRES ARE ACTUALLY FOUND ON THE STREET BROADWAY?
4
TRUE OR FALSE: Leonard Warren died on stage at The Met in 1960 just as he had finished singing Verdi's 'Morir, Tremenda Cosi' ('To Die, a Momentous Thing').
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: Giovanni Verdi composed La Traviata.
False: Giuseppe Verdi composed La Traviata
TRUE OR FALSE: The vocalis dominance in music theatre singing results in a higher amount of glottal attacks.
TRUE. Musical Theatre is vocalis dominant and because of the consistent closure of vocal folds coupled with high air pressure and vibration, more glottal attacks occur.
WHAT MUSICAL LAUNCHED THE MUSICAL THEATRE INDUSTRY AND OBJECTIVELY STARTED THE "GOLDEN AGE" OF MUSIC THEATRE?
Oklahoma!
WHAT WAS BROADWAY CALLED IN THE EARLY 1900S?
The Great White Way (it was called this because of the dazzling lights in NYC)
HOW MUCH WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPERA COSTUME OF ALL TIME?
Worn by Adelina Patti at Covent Garden in 1895. It was worth £15 million.
TRUE OR FALSE: Lin-Manuel Miranda Composed and Wrote the musical, "In the Heights".
False:
Playwright: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Composer: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lyricist: Lin-Manuel Miranda
WHAT WERE THE THREE THINGS THAT RACHAEL SAID THE BABY EXHIBITED IN THE PICTURE THE WERE GOOD THINGS TO EXHIBIT WHEN SINGING MUSICAL THEATRE?
1. High tongue 2. Constricted pharyngeal space 3. Open body/chest, ready to take in the next heaping breath of high pressured air.
WHICH TWO ARTISTS BROUGHT BACK THE IDEA AND POPULARITY OF MUSICALS IN THE 1970S?
Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince
WHAT IS THE LONGEST-RUNNING BROADWAY SHOW?
Phantom of the Opera
TRUE OR FALSE: Domenico Scarlatti composed his 'dog fugue' after his dog, Pulcinella, walked across his keyboard.
FALSE: Domenico Scarlatti composed his 'cat fugue' after his cat, Pulcinella, walked across his keyboard.
Who was the playwright that made Wicked? Was it: Winnie Holzman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Catherine Johnson, or Thomas Meehan?
Winnie Holzman
WHAT DOES THE cricothyroid muscle DO TO ALLOW FOR EMOTIONAL COLOUR IN CLASSICAL MUSIC?
Pulling the thyroid down
(THUS OPENING THE THROAT AND LETTING AIR PASS FREELY)
WHAT TYPE OF OPERAS HAVE SIMILAR TUNES TO CURRENT POPULAR SONGS TODAY?
Ballad operas
WHAT IS THE HIGHEST-GROSSING BROADWAY PRODUCTION?
The Lion King, over 1 billion!
WHAT DOES THE WORD KARAOKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Empty Orchestra.
Who composed "The Magic Flute"?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart