Wagner 1
This is what Wagner called his operas.
What are Music Dramas?
Bruhnhilde
Who is the daughter of Wotan, the father of Gods?
This is the language for Madame Butterly (Madam Butterfly).
Italian
The male naval officer in this opera.
Who is Pinkerton?
The title of this piece.
What is "The Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"?
The Ring of Niebelung includes The Valkyrie (Die Walkure).
What is the Ring Cycle?
The texture of this piece.
What is polyphonic?
This term means realism.
What is verismo?
The instrument heard here doubling the solo vocal melody.
What is a violin?
This instrument introduces the piece at the beginning of this piece.
What is a flute?
Recurring theme representing a person, object, or idea.
What is a leitmotif?
The meter of this piece.
What is the triple meter?
This term in music employs "sounds from the foreign land."
What is Exoticism?
The solo song for a soloist in the opera.
What is an aria?
Debussy used this new style of composing music with ambiguous tonal structure and greater expressive devices.
What is impressionism?
The name for this clip.
What is the Ride of Valkyries?
The name of this theme.
What is Magic Fire?
The story is based on this country.
What is Japan?
The title of this song.
What is "Un bel di (one beautiful day)"?
The texture of this piece.
What is homophonic?
Who is Siegfried?
The name of this theme.
What is Magic Sleep?
The name of the heroine for this opera.
What is Cio-Cio San (Butterfly)?
Puccini eliminates this style of singing in his operas.
What is recitative?
Form of this piece.
What is the ternary (ABA) form?