Song
Name That Composer
What's an Opera?
Name that Singer
Miscellaneous
100
Finish the title to this famous aria by Alessandro Scarlatti: Gia Il Sole
What is Dal Gange?
100
A: The famous proverb, "It isn't over 'til the fat lady sings," was a reference to Brunhilde's 10-minute aria at the end of the Ring cycle operas, written by this composer.
Q: Who is Richard Wagner?
100
This was the last opera that Mozart composed and is also one of his most performed today
What is The Magic Flute?
100
This famous american soprano sang the national anthem at super-bowl this year:
Who is Renee Fleming?
100
Finish this phrase, “It ain’t over until _____”:
What is, “the fat lady sings.”?
200
The popular aria featuring “Figaro, Figaro, Figaro” is from this opera:
What is The Barber of Seville? (Il barbiere di Siviglia?)
200
Donizetti, Rossini, and Bellini have this in common:
What are the three Bel Canto composers?
200
Wild animals lie down at Tamino's feet when he plays the title instrument in Act I of this Mozart opera
What is The Magic Flute?
200
This singer was born in Modena, Italy and was trained to be a teacher until he entered and won Concorso Internazionale in 1961. He is known as the greatest tenor in history.
Who is Luciano Pavoratti?
200
The word "opera" originates from this Latin word:
What is an opus? (in Latin, “work.”)
300
This is the highest note in “The Queen of the Night” aria from The Magic Flute
What is F6? (F above high C)
300
This is the only Handel opera set to an English libretto:
What is Acis and Galetea?
300
The so-called first “great” opera by Monteverdi
What is “L’Orfeo?”
300
When this notorious soprano refused to sing the aria "Falsa immagine" from Handel's Ottone, Handel grabbed her by the waist and threatened to throw her out the window if she didn’t perform it.
Who is Francesca Cuzzoni?
300
Early opera houses were often boisterous and unruly. They were also lit by these, which - when combined with perspiration, perfume, and little ventilation, made opera night fairly ripe.
What are candles?
400
The tenor aria "A mes amis” from the opera La fille du regiment is famous for implementing 9 of these:
What are high C’s?
400
Composer of the first opera “Dafne”
What is Jacopo Peri?
400
This opera, written by Jacopo Peri in 1597, is considered the first true opera.
What is Dafne?
400
An American operatic soprano whose peak career was between the 1950s and 1970s. In her prime she was the only real rival to Joan Sutherland as the leading bel canto stylist. After retiring from singing in 1980, she became the general manager of the New York City Opera. She lent her celebrity to further her charity work for the prevention and treatment of birth defects.
Who is Beverly Sills?
400
Roles originally written for castrati are often given to this voice type.
What is a countertenor? OR What is a contralto?
500
Ralph Vaughan Williams most popular song, sung mostly by baritones, from the Five Mystical Songs set:
What is The Call?
500
He began writing "Die Meistersinger" in 1845 as a companion piece to "Tannhauser", but didn't finish it until 1867
What is Richard Wagner?
500
I'm in the bullring, site of the dramatic & fatal final scene in the Met's production of this 1875 opera
What is Carmen?
500
This versatile soprano received the Metropolitan Opera National Council Winner Award in 1986, sang with the United States Navy Band Sea Chanters for three seasons, and went on to record on Norton, Foundry and Albany labels, among other outstanding achievements.
Who is Professor Susan Bender? :)
500
Theory of musical aesthetics, widely accepted by late Baroque theorists and composers, that embraced the proposition that music is capable of arousing a variety of specific emotions within the listener.
What is Doctrine of Affections?
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