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Roles for Mezzo Sopranos Trivia Quiz

Most of the time the mezzo is the soprano's maid, old auntie, sidekick, or sometimes lover, if she plays a man. Yet there are lots of memorable roles for these rich voices.

A multiple-choice quiz by dobrov. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
dobrov

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
59,298

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. This queen's love is doomed by the schemes of witches. Her lover sails off to Rome and leaves her to die a sad and beautiful, though unspecified death. Who is she? Hint

Dido

Amneris

Fricka

Lucretia

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Question 2 of 10

2. The greatest of all mezzo roles, this gypsy is torn between love and complete independence. She would like a happy future, but it isn't in her cards. Hint

Rosina

Carmen

Acuzena

Mignon

3. He's a crusader whose sweetheart has been kidnapped by a witch. The witch is torn between winning his love for herself and destroying him. All ends happily; he gets the girl and the witch is converted to Christianity. Hint

Baba the Turk

Xerxes

Rinaldo

Argente

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Question 4 of 10

4. She's obsessed enough by revenge to commit infanticide - but kills the wrong baby by mistake. Who is she? Hint

Adalgisa

Azucena

Amneris

Angelina

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Question 5 of 10

5. This role demands that the singer wear a beard, but it's not a trouser role. Who is she? Hint

The First Sorceress

Jezibaba

Baba the Turk

Mother Goose

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Question 6 of 10

6. Although she gets to look very sexy on stage and she does save the tenor's life, this girl has no aria of her own. For this reason the composer had a lot of trouble initially finding someone to sing the role. Who is she? Hint

Marcelline

Princess Eboli

Mercedes

Maddelena

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Question 7 of 10

7. He's being sent off to the wars, and only because he keeps falling in love every 15 minutes. Who is he? Hint

Cherubino

Octavian

Count Orlovsky

Rinaldo

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Question 8 of 10

8. She's a bit of a control freak, and although she's the 'daughter-in-law-elect', her intended doesn't want anything to do with her. Even so, her bloodthirsty charms are appreciated elsewhere. Hint

Mrs. Noye

Katisha

Jezibaba

Angelina

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Question 9 of 10

9. She's a temple virgin torn between love and friendship and friendship wins out. Her friend kills herself for love, but the mezzo lives. Who is she? Hint

Angelina

Maddelena

Eboli

Adalgisa

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Question 10 of 10

10. This witch has made a deal with the soprano. She's going to take the poor girl's voice...and promises her a human soul? Hint

Baba the Turk

Jezibaba

The First Sorceress

Amneris

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This queen's love is doomed by the schemes of witches. Her lover sails off to Rome and leaves her to die a sad and beautiful, though unspecified death. Who is she?

Answer: Dido

Henry Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas' was first performed at a Mr. Josias Priest's Boarding-School for girls at Chelsea in 1689.

2. The greatest of all mezzo roles, this gypsy is torn between love and complete independence. She would like a happy future, but it isn't in her cards.

Answer: Carmen

Nietzsche's favorite opera, George Bizet's 'Carmen' was first performed in Paris in 1875. It was initially a flop.

3. He's a crusader whose sweetheart has been kidnapped by a witch. The witch is torn between winning his love for herself and destroying him. All ends {happily;} he gets the girl and the witch is converted to Christianity.

Answer: Rinaldo

Handel's 'Rinaldo' was first performed at the King's Theatre in London in 1711. Rinaldo was a role originally written for a castrato.

4. She's obsessed enough by revenge to commit infanticide - but kills the wrong baby by mistake. Who is she?

Answer: Azucena

Azucena is unquestionably one of the great dramatic mezzo roles. Verdi's 'Il Trovatore' was first performed at La Scala in 1853.

5. This role demands that the singer wear a beard, but it's not a trouser role. Who is she?

Answer: Baba the Turk

Stravinsky drew inspiration from Hogarth's etchings when he wrote the neo-classical chamber opera 'The Rake's Progress'. It premiered in 1951 and the liberetto was written by W H Auden.

Answer: Maddelena

'Rigoletto', one of the most popular of Verdi's operas, premiered at La Fenice in Venice in 1851.

7. He's being sent off to the wars, and only because he keeps falling in love every 15 minutes. Who is he?

Answer: Cherubino

A perfect role in a perfect opera - Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro'.

8. She's a bit of a control freak, and although she's the 'daughter-in-law-elect', her intended doesn't want anything to do with her. Even so, her bloodthirsty charms are appreciated elsewhere.

Answer: Katisha

Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Mikado' was the fourth in a series of hits they produced for the Savoy Opera in the 1880s. Katisha is one of the great comic mezzo roles of all time.

9. She's a temple virgin torn between love and friendship and friendship wins out. Her friend kills herself for love, but the mezzo lives. Who is she?

Answer: Adalgisa

Bellini's 'Norma' is one of the greatest of bel canto operas. It premiered at La Scala in 1831.

10. This witch has made a deal with the soprano. She's going to take the poor girl's voice...and promises her a human soul?

Answer: Jezibaba

Dvorak's wonderful fairy tale opera 'Rusalka' was first performed at the National Theatre in Prague in 1901.

Source: Author dobrov

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