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12 Giuseppe Verdi quizzes and 145 Giuseppe Verdi trivia questions.
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  Essential Pieces by Verdi   great trivia quiz  
Collection Quiz
 10 Qns
In this quiz, we will review our knowledge about the operas written by Giuseppe Verdi. Be careful with your choices as many operas cited are written by other composers. Play for fun.
Average, 10 Qns, masfon, Oct 01 24
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Oct 01 24
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  Viva Verdi!    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
See how well you do with this quiz about opera's main man!
Average, 5 Qns, fdgla, Nov 15 21
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fdgla
Nov 15 21
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  Joe Green's Works   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Danish stand-up comedian Victor Borge once announced "Giuseppe Verdi. Joe Green to you". I've elaborated on this pun and translated some lines of Verdi's operas into English. Can you find out which arias or operas they come from?
Average, 10 Qns, JanIQ, Nov 15 21
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Nov 15 21
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  Verdi's "Falstaff"   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Verdi's autumnal comic masterpiece ranks as one of the supreme joys of the operatic stage. Some knowledge of music, as well as Shakespeare, will help in playing this quiz. Good Luck!
Average, 20 Qns, jouen58, Nov 15 21
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Nov 15 21
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  Verdi's "La Forza del Destino" editor best quiz   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This 1862 work features one of Verdi's most richly melodic scores and a fascinating and varied cast of characters. Good Luck!
Tough, 20 Qns, jouen58, Nov 15 21
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Nov 15 21
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  Verdi's "Otello"   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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Verdi's masterpiece, based on Shakespeare's play, is quite possibly the greatest "opera seria" ever written. This quiz requires some knowledge of both play and opera. Good Luck!
Tough, 20 Qns, jouen58, Nov 15 21
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Nov 15 21
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  Aida    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Aida" is one of the most performed of all operas, and for good reason. It has sublime music and a very dramatic plot. Here are ten questions about this masterpiece.
Easier, 10 Qns, fdgla, Nov 15 21
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Nov 15 21
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  Verdi's "La Traviata"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I know, I know... Alternative Rock, musicals, and opera is a real strange mixture! But I can't help it... I love all of them. So this is my first opera quiz about "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi.
Average, 10 Qns, PearlQ19, Nov 15 21
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Nov 15 21
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  Verdi's Operas    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
No name is so closely linked to Opera as Verdi's. This quiz deals with the plots of some of his classics: See how well you remember the 'stories' of those classic operas.
Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Nov 15 21
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flem-ish
Nov 15 21
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  Verdi's "Rigoletto"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about my favorite opera.
Average, 10 Qns, operafan, Nov 15 21
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Nov 15 21
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trivia question Quick Question
Another example of a king being demoted in rank, thanks to the censors, is the Duke of Mantua in which opera?

From Quiz "Viva Verdi!"




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  Easy Peasy "Il Trovatore"   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about Verdi's "Il Trovatore." Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, jsusfreak, Nov 15 21
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jsusfreak
Nov 15 21
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  Easy peasy "Aida" quiz    
Multiple Choice
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Here's a quiz on Giuseppe Verdi's fantastic opera, "Aida."
Average, 10 Qns, jsusfreak, Nov 15 21
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Giuseppe Verdi Trivia Questions

1. What is Aida's royal status?

From Quiz
Easy peasy "Aida" quiz

Answer: An Ethiopian princess

She is an Ethiopian princess as her father, Amonasro, is the King of Ethiopia. Their country is at war with Egypt.

2. According to Ferrando, why was the old gypsy woman burned at the stake?

From Quiz Easy Peasy "Il Trovatore"

Answer: She allegedly practiced witchcraft.

While the woman was being burned for witchcraft, she tells her daughter, Azucena, to avenge her death. For years, Azucena is tormented by watching her mother die. To avenge her mother, she kidnaps the Count's younger son with the intent of burning him to death. Unfortunately, she burns her own son by mistake and ends up raising the boy known as Manrico.

3. "Forza" is one of six Verdi operas which did not premiere in Italy. In what country did it premiere?

From Quiz Verdi's "La Forza del Destino"

Answer: Russia

"Forza" premiered in St. Petersburg at the Imperial Theater on November 10, 1862. In 1861, while attending a session of the Italian parliament in Turin, Verdi signed a contract to write an opera for the theater's winter season the following year. In anticipation of their sojourn to Russia for the opera's premiere, Verdi's wife Giuseppina ordered wine, pasta, salami, and Italian cheeses to be sent ahead to their hotel in St. Petersburg. In case you were wondering, the other five Verdi operas that premiered elsewhere were "Jerusalem" (actually a reworking of "I Lombardi" in a French translation), "Les Vepres Siciliennes", and "Don Carlos", all of which premiered in Paris, "I Masnadieri", which premiered in England with Jenny Lind, and of course "Aida", which premiered in Cairo, Egypt.

4. Verdi's last opera "Falstaff" was not his only comedy. Name Verdi's other comedy.

From Quiz Viva Verdi!

Answer: Un Giorno di Regno

It's a shame that Verdi waited until the end of his life to compose another comedy; "Un Giorno di Regno", while hardly a masterpiece, exhibits an engaging and playful sense of fun.

5. The main character in this opera, Rigoletto, is of what profession?

From Quiz Verdi's "Rigoletto"

Answer: Court Jester

Rigoletto serves as jester in the court of the womanizing Duke of Mantua.

6. What is Violetta's last name?

From Quiz Verdi's "La Traviata"

Answer: Valery

Violetta Valery is a young lady from Paris who is very well known for her beauty and her careless way of life.

7. The story of 'Aida' is situated against the background of a war opposing the Egyptians and the ____________.

From Quiz Verdi's Operas

Answer: Ethiopians

It is incorrect that the opera was written for the opening of the Suez Canal, but it is a true fact that the work was ordered by the Egyptian authorities as a kind of 'national opera'.

8. When Leonora sees Count di Luna, who does she mistake him for?

From Quiz Easy Peasy "Il Trovatore"

Answer: Her lover Manrico

It was nighttime and she couldn't tell whether or not he was Manrico.

9. The name of the hero in "Il Trovatore" is

From Quiz Viva Verdi!

Answer: Manrico

One of Verdi's more rigorous tenor roles, Manrico's famous cabaletta "Di Quella Pira" did not contain the famous high C now demanded of any mortal foolish enough to try it.

10. The opera opens with a party at the palace of the Duke. During the course of the party the Duke flirts outrageously with a woman while her angry husband looks on. What is the name of the woman?

From Quiz Verdi's "Rigoletto"

Answer: Countess Ceprano

While the Duke is flirting, Rigoletto mocks Ceprano making him even more angry. Ceprano then takes an active role in the events that follow.

11. And what is Alfredo's last name?

From Quiz Verdi's "La Traviata"

Answer: Germont

Young Alfredo Germont has fallen in love with Violetta the moment he first met her.

12. The great love story is between ___________________________.

From Quiz Verdi's Operas

Answer: the Egyptian general Radames and Aida a foreign princess

Aida and Radames are in love. Radames must attack the country his beloved is from. His opponent is her father. Amneris suspects that Aida is in love with Radames but thinks and hopes that he prefers her. When Radames unwittingly betrays some military secrets to Aida and her father, Amneris intervenes.

13. In 1847, Verdi completed an opera based upon "the Scottish play". Which opera contains the translated lines "Oppressed land of ours. You can't have // our mother's name any more, no" ?

From Quiz Joe Green's Works

Answer: Macbeth

The mention of the Scottish play was a major hint. Shakespeare's tragedy "Macbeth" is commonly called by this nickname, because superstitious people in the theatrical world believe the name of this play invokes bad luck, perhaps because the witches have an important part in the play. They prophesy what is about to come (see for example the aria "Tre volte miagole" - translated "Thrice the cat meows in lust // thrice the owl hoots and mourns // thrice the porcupine howls at the wind.") "Patria oppressa! Il dolce nome // No, di madre aver non puoi." The choir sings this aria at the beginning of the final act, when the final battle between Macbeth and Macduff has to start. Bellini and Prokofiev, to name only those two, composed an opera "Romeo i Giulietta". Ambroise Thomas was inspired by "Hamlet". Felix Mendelssohn-Bartoldi composed "A Midsummer Night's Dream", with the famous wedding march.

14. How does Amneris get Aida to confess her love for Radames?

From Quiz Easy peasy "Aida" quiz

Answer: She tricks her.

She tricks her into believing that Radames was killed in battle to get her reaction.

15. When Manrico and Count di Luna fight for the affections of Leonara, Manrico finally has his rival right where he wants him but does not kill him. Why?

From Quiz Easy Peasy "Il Trovatore"

Answer: A voice from the Heavens told him not to.

Azucena is disappointed in her "son" Manrico when she finds out that he didn't kill di Luna when he should have. She tells him to do so the next time they are fighting. And all of this is going on while Manrico was trying to figure out who his real mother is when Azucena informs him that she mistakenly burned her own (biological) son to death.

16. Who was Verdi's librettist for "Forza"?

From Quiz Verdi's "La Forza del Destino"

Answer: Francesco Maria Piave

Piave had previously collaborated with Verdi on "Ernani", "I Due Foscari", "Macbeth", "Il Corsaro", "Stiffelio/Aroldo", "Rigoletto", "La Traviata", and "Simon Boccanegra". "Forza" would be their last collaboration; five years after the opera's premiere, Piave suffered a paralytic stroke and remained completely disabled for the next eight years until his death in 1874. During this period, Verdi was generous in his financial support of his old colleague and his family.

17. Aida is in love with Radames. What is his vocation?

From Quiz Aida

Answer: Soldier

We meet Radames in the very first scene and almost immediately he sings one of the most beautiful, yet difficult, tenor arias in opera, "Celeste Aida." It doesn't seem fair that the tenor gets his big number right at the beginning. Everyone else gets to warm up a bit.

18. "Un Ballo in Maschera" was originally set in what country before the infamous Austrian censors got their hands on it?

From Quiz Viva Verdi!

Answer: Sweden

Verdi's theme of the assasination of a king was deemed unacceptable, so the action was switched to colonial America, where the king was demoted to a humble count. Most productions today, however, switch the setting back to the original Sweden.

19. During the party another angry man enters. This time it is the heartbroken father of a girl who has been dishonored by the Duke. What is the name of this man?

From Quiz Verdi's "Rigoletto"

Answer: Monterone

Monterone curses the Duke, which earns him the death penalty. He also puts a father's curse on Rigoletto, which haunts him through the entire opera.

20. What is the famous aria Violetta sings after she heard Alfredo's declaration of love?

From Quiz Verdi's "La Traviata"

Answer: "Sempre libera"

"Forever free" - Violetta reflects on her life and decides not to give up her freedom for the love of this young man... at least not at once. But she likes him. "Caro nome" is Gilda's aria, "La donna è mobile" might be the most popular piece by Verdi (both arias from "Rigoletto"). "Dalla sua pace" isn't even from a Verdi opera - it's Don Ottavio's aria from Mozart's "Don Giovanni".

21. How does the opera 'Aida' end?

From Quiz Verdi's Operas

Answer: Aida and Radames are buried alive

When Radames is arrested and refuses to become Amneris' lover, his fate is sealed. He is put to death. Aida who had escaped already, returns and chooses to enter of her free will the tomb where Radames is to die. First performance was at Cairo, 24 December 1871.

22. This tenor aria is sung many times in one of the best known works of Verdi. Whose typical jingle did I translate as "Woman is flighty // like plume in the wind // she changes her voices // and her mi-i-iind."?

From Quiz Joe Green's Works

Answer: The Duke of Mantua

"La donna è mobile // qual pium' al vento // muta d'accento // e di pensier'." When you've heard this merry tune, it nests itself in your mind as an interesting earworm. Wikipedia lists two translations into English (a literal one and a poetic one), but I've combined the two in order to fit even better the rhythm of this aria. "Rigoletto" is the opera from 1851 that contains this jingle, but the title character doesn't sing this very tune. The title character is the jester at the court of the Duke of Mantua, a true womanizer. When the Duke gets inamorato by Gilda, Rigoletto's daughter, he tries at first to win her confidence posing as a poor student. (See the aria "Gualtiere Maldi, caro nome".) But this ruse fails, and so the Duke has Gilda abducted from her room in order to rape her. Rigoletto swears to avenge his daughter's honour, and hires the assassin Sparafucile. Alas, Sparafucile kills the wrong person - as he brings to Rigoletto a bag with the body of his victim, Rigoletto hears the Duke singing "La donna è mobile" in the background...

23. What is the famous love aria that Radames sings?

From Quiz Easy peasy "Aida" quiz

Answer: "Celeste Aida."

He sings a sweet love song about his lover, Aida called "Celeste Aida" or "Heavenly Aida." "Fidelio" is the name of Beethoven's only opera. "Nessun Dorma" is an aria from "Turandot" and "Vesti la giubba" is an aria from "I Pagliacci."

24. After the fight, Leonara believes Manrico to be dead. What does she do next?

From Quiz Easy Peasy "Il Trovatore"

Answer: She prepares to take vows to be a nun.

Upon hearing this, both Manrico and Count di Luna stop this from happening but Manrico manages to whisk Leanora away before di Luna could get to her.

25. Prior to Verdi's "Falstaff", a prominent Italian composer of the 18th century had written an operatic version of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" entitled "Falstaff"; who was he?

From Quiz Verdi's "Falstaff"

Answer: Antonio Salieri

Salieri's "Falstaff" was one of his less successful operas, having recieved only 26 performances at the court theatre; however it is not without considerable interest. The composer cleverly uses certain antiquated styles for comedic effect; Mrs. Slender's "Vendetta, si, vendetta!" and Ford's "Furie che m'agitate" cleverly mimic the conventions of the opera seria "rage" arias (in much the same way that Mozart did in Donna Elvira's "Ah fuggi il traditor!" in "Don Giovanni"). Particularly charming is the aria "O! Die manner kenn ich schonn" sung by Mrs. Ford in a comic mixture of German and Italian. This comes from an un-Shakespearean scene in which she flirts with Falstaff whilst disguised as a German fraulein. Beethoven wrote a series of variations on the duet "La stessa, la stessissima" from this opera.

26. Another example of a king being demoted in rank, thanks to the censors, is the Duke of Mantua in which opera?

From Quiz Viva Verdi!

Answer: Rigoletto

Next to "Don Giovanni", the Duke is the most celebrated libertine in all opera. Even though he's a rat, how can you really hate someone who sings such great music as "La Donna e Mobile"?

27. On his way home from the palace, Rigoletto is met by a man named Sparafucile. What is this man's profession?

From Quiz Verdi's "Rigoletto"

Answer: Hit man

Sparafucile offers to "remove" an competition that Rigoletto may have for the woman he lives with. Sparafucile does not know that the woman in the house is Rigoletto's daughter.

28. What is Violetta's maid called?

From Quiz Verdi's "La Traviata"

Answer: Annina

Annina is very faithful and tries to help Violetta wherever she can.

29. In 'Nabucco' the Hebrews are defeated at war by ______________.

From Quiz Verdi's Operas

Answer: the Babylonians

'Nabucco' is short for Nebuchadnezzar, the famous Biblical King of the Babylonians. The Jews have been deported to Babylonia. Nebuchadnezzar is also spelled Nabuchodonosor.

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