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1. For instance, there is one story which is the subject of operas by Dvorak, Gluck, Handel, Haydn, Lully, Rossini, and Salieri. What is it story of?
2. Which of these composers wrote an opera about Faust?
3. Who is known for composing an opera about Faust as well as writing libretti for Verdi operas?
4. Before Verdi's "Otello", which other Italian composer had already composed the music for a version of "Othello"?
5. In composing his "Manon Lescaut", Puccini said that was not setting scenes from L'Abbe Provost's novel which had already been used in the operatic version by whom?
6. As well as Verdi, the story of story of Sir John Falstaff and his flirtations is also the subject of an opera by which of the following composers?
7. Who composed an opera called "La Boheme" after Puccini rejected the libretto which he had written for it?
8. Whose opera about Joan of Arc has her dying in battle?
9. Which of Bellini's operas tells the same story as Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette"?
10. The story of Orpheus' descent into Hades to rescue Eurydice is told in operas by ?
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