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'The Gondoliers; or, The King of Baritaria', the twelfth collaboration between Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert, debuted at the Savoy in 1889, and ran for 554 performances, making it the fifth-longest run for a musical theatre production at that time. It was during this run that the infamous carpet quarrel occurred, which led to the breakdown of the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership.
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  The Gondoliers    
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I played Tessa in "The Gondoliers" in 2002. Here's a quiz on this wonderful operetta.
Average, 15 Qns, Anna M, Oct 31 16
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  The Ultimate 'Gondoliers' Quiz    
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Are you a fan of Gilbert & Sullivan's 'The Gondoliers'? If you are, then you'll love this quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, rosieh, Oct 31 16
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In the song 'In A Contemplative Fashion', what does Tessa refer to Giuseppe as?

From Quiz "The Ultimate 'Gondoliers' Quiz"





The Gondoliers Trivia Questions
1. What is the name of the lady who reveals the true identity of the king?

From Quiz The Ultimate 'Gondoliers' Quiz

Answer: Inez

Although she only sings in the finale of Act Two, Inez has a crucial part to play. She reveals who is the true king.

2. At the beginning of the operetta, what flowers are the contadine singing to?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: Roses

'List and learn, ye dainty roses, roses white and roses red!' They sing of their love for Marco and Giuseppe, and later present the roses to them.

3. 'The Gondoliers' goes by another name, although it is rarely mentioned. What is this name?

From Quiz The Ultimate 'Gondoliers' Quiz

Answer: The King of Barataria

Some other alternate titles are 'The Town of Titipu' ('The Mikado'), 'The Flowers of Progress' ('Utopia Limited') and 'The Slave of Duty' ('The Pirates of Penzance').

4. The wonderful duet, 'We're Called Gondolieri', is sung by which two of the gondoliers?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: Marco and Giuseppe

Marco and Giuseppe sing this wonderful duet, but Antonio, Giorgio, Francesco and Annibale are also gondoliers, and Luiz is also a character in the operetta.

5. PLOT SPOILER! Who is the true king?

From Quiz The Ultimate 'Gondoliers' Quiz

Answer: Luiz

Gilbert and Sullivan were famous for their crazy plot twists, so the fact that Luiz turns out to be the king should not come as a surprise to anyone.

6. How do Marco and Giuseppe choose their brides?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: They catch them in a game of blind man's buff

They can't decide, 'as all are young and fair, and amiable besides', so they 'propose to let impartial fate select for us a mate', singing 'These handkerchiefs upon our eyes be good enough to bind, and take good care that both of us are absolutely blind! Then turn us round and we with all convenient dispatch, will undertake to marry any two of you we catch.'

7. Who do Marco and Giuseppe end up with?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: Marco with Gianetta, Giuseppe with Tessa

Tessa and Gianetta are the lucky two, and Tessa marries Giuseppe while Gianetta marries Marco. But all the others are also characters in the operetta.

8. In the song 'In A Contemplative Fashion', what does Tessa refer to Giuseppe as?

From Quiz The Ultimate 'Gondoliers' Quiz

Answer: A duck

'I no doubt Giuseppe wedded, That's of course a slice of luck. He is rather dunderheaded, Still distinctly he's a duck'.

9. After the Gondoliers and Contadine leave the stage, four characters enter. What country are they from?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: Spain

'From the sunny Spanish shore ...'

10. What voice type is needed in order to sing Marco's songs?

From Quiz The Ultimate 'Gondoliers' Quiz

Answer: Tenor

Marco has some very high singing which requires a tenor voice.

11. What secret does the Duke reveal to Casilda?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: She was married as a baby

'When you were a prattling babe of six months old you were married by proxy to no less a personage than the infant son and heir of His Majesty the immeasurably wealthy King of Barataria!'

12. What type of dance is performed by Marco, Giuseppe, Casilda, The Duke and The Duchess in Act Two?

From Quiz The Ultimate 'Gondoliers' Quiz

Answer: Gavotte

The Cachuca is also performed in the Finale.

13. Who is Casilda in love with?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: Luiz

She is madly in love with Luiz, the Duke's drummer, but was married as a baby to the King of Barataria. Of course, as this is a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, Luiz turns out to be the King of Barataria!

14. Who originally played Tessa in 'The Gondoliers'?

From Quiz The Ultimate 'Gondoliers' Quiz

Answer: Jessie Bond

Jessie Bond was in many of the original Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.

15. What instrument does Luiz play?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: Drum

'And his Grace's private drum, to Venetia's shores have come!'

16. What is the last name of Marco and Giuseppe?

From Quiz The Ultimate 'Gondoliers' Quiz

Answer: Palmieri

Marco and Giuseppi are brothers from the Palmieri family.

17. Don Alhambra informs Marco and Giuseppe that one of them is the king of an island nation (but he can't tell them which one it is). What is this island called?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: Barataria

Of course, as it turns out, neither of them is actually the king - due to some baby-swapping several years ago, Luiz is.

18. In the Duke of Plaza Toro's aria, which word comes second in this sequence?

From Quiz The Ultimate 'Gondoliers' Quiz

Answer: Cultivated

'That celebrated, cultivated, underrated nobleman, the Duke of Plaza-Toro!' The word 'overrated' doesn't appear in that sequence.

19. At the start of Act 2, all the gondoliers are enjoying court life. But what is making Marco and Giuseppe miserable?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: Their wives aren't with them

Don Alhambra knows that the king is married to Casilda, so he tells the gondoliers that they can't take their wives with them to Barataria. Of course, their wives get bored and come along anyway!

20. Marco sings a beautiful song in Act 2, called 'Take a Pair of Sparkling ...' - which body part?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: eyes

It's a really lovely tenor song - one of my favorite songs in all of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.

21. When Tessa, Gianetta, and the other contadine arrive, Marco and Giuseppe decide that they should have a banquet and a dance to celebrate. What is the name of the dance which they do?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: The Cachuca

Another wonderful song - 'Dance a Cachuca'. There is a gavotte later in the act, as well - 'I am a courtier grave and serious', as the Duke educates Marco and Giuseppe on proper etiquette.

22. Who reveals the true identity of the King of Barataria?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: Inez, the King's nurse

She does not appear until the Act 2 Finale, when she reveals what everybody wants to hear ...

23. Who is the real King of Barataria?

From Quiz The Gondoliers

Answer: Luiz

Inez reveals that in order to protect the King, she swapped him with her own son. This means that the man she has raised as her son is in fact the King - Luiz, the Duke's drummer. Since he and Casilda are in love, and the gondoliers are reunited with their wives, this means that the operetta ends happily for everybody.

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