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Quiz about Opera Trivia
Quiz about Opera Trivia

Opera Trivia Trivia Quiz


If you love opera this quiz may appeal to you ... if you aren't familiar with opera perhaps this will be an interesting introduction.

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
28,604
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1523
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who commissioned and wrote the libretto for Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was Gounod's most famous sacred song? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who wrote the opera called 'Dido and Aeneas'? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which of the following did not collaborate at some time or another with Jean-Baptiste Lully? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The father of which famous scientist was a member of the influential intellectual Florentine group called the 'Florentine Camerata' who collaborated together to develop the art of recitativo?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 6 of 10
6. What is another term for jongleurs, in the historical sense of the word? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which term refers to a group of individuals hired by a performer or composer to sit amongst the audience and influence the audience's response?

Answer: (One word....starts with C.)
Question 8 of 10
8. Who wrote 'you know my greatest desire is to write operas...I envy anyone who is composing one' to his father? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Verdi's opera 'Nabucodonosor' later became abbreviated as what?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 10 of 10
10. Who created operas out of works by Henry James, Shakespeare and Herman Melville? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who commissioned and wrote the libretto for Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'?

Answer: Emanuel Schikaneder

2. What was Gounod's most famous sacred song?

Answer: Ave Maria

3. Who wrote the opera called 'Dido and Aeneas'?

Answer: Purcell

Purcell was a British composer who wrote this opera in English. 'Dido and Aeneas' was created in 1689.
4. Which of the following did not collaborate at some time or another with Jean-Baptiste Lully?

Answer: Francois Villon

5. The father of which famous scientist was a member of the influential intellectual Florentine group called the 'Florentine Camerata' who collaborated together to develop the art of recitativo?

Answer: Galileo

Among this group included Jacopo Peri, who wrote the first opera, and composers Giulio Caccini and Emilio de Cavalieri.
6. What is another term for jongleurs, in the historical sense of the word?

Answer: minstrels

Not strictly an opera question, but the minstrels or jongleurs were part of the evolution into opera in the west.
7. Which term refers to a group of individuals hired by a performer or composer to sit amongst the audience and influence the audience's response?

Answer: claque

8. Who wrote 'you know my greatest desire is to write operas...I envy anyone who is composing one' to his father?

Answer: Mozart

Mozart had a mixed relationship with his father, very devoted but also resentful.
9. Verdi's opera 'Nabucodonosor' later became abbreviated as what?

Answer: Nabucco

10. Who created operas out of works by Henry James, Shakespeare and Herman Melville?

Answer: Benjamin Britten

'The Turn of the Screw', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and 'Billy Budd'.
Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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