Composers
"Das Rheingold" is the first opera in his Ring cycle
Wagner
What city was Escamillo's bullfight in?
Seville
"Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour."
Rossini
The opera opens with the announcement of the impending execution of the Prince of Persia, who has failed to answer Turandot's three riddles. When will his execution take place?
The rising of the moon
Love quadrangle in Spain.
Carmen
Gioachino Antonio Rossini's last opera, which ushered in grand opera in France, was about which legend?
William Tell
What was the name of the soldier who escorted Carmen to jail?
Don Jose
"Don’t look at the trombones. It only encourages them."
Richard Wagner
The libretto of Puccini's opera was based on a story from a collection of fables by which celebrated Italian author?
Carlo Gozzi
Just a useless precaution.
The Barber of Seville
Which opera was Jacques Offenbach's final work?
The Tales of Hoffmann
What was the name of Don Jose's friend from his hometown?
Mikaela
"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."
Beethoven
Calaf successfully answers the dreaded Three Riddles and may rightfully claim Turandot as his wife. What were the answers to Turandot's three riddles?
Hope, Blood, & Turandot
Courtesan dies very beautifully.
La Traviata
'Be still, stop chattering' by Bach is essentially a miniature comic opera about the addiction to which substance?
Coffee
What does Carmen and her band of gypsies do for a living?
Smuggling
"Silence is very important. The silence between the notes are as important as the notes themselves."
Mozart
Turandot's father appears and tries three times to dissuade Calaf from proceeding with the test. By what title does Calaf address the Emperor?
Figlio del Cielo (Son of Heaven)
Must kiss severed head.
Salome
How long did it take Rossini to write the Barber of Seville?
13 Days
Name 2 of the famous arias in Carmen.
Habanera and "Toreador Song"
DAILY DOUBLE--Sing a portion of your favorite for double the points!
"Of all composers, past and present, I am the least learned. I mean that in all seriousness, and by learning I do not mean knowledge of music."
Verdi
The third and final act of Turandot was left unfinished upon Puccini's death in 1924. Which composer was chosen to complete the score from the composer's extremely fragmentary sketches?
Franco Alfano
Husband saved via cross-dressing.
Fidelio