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1. In 1780 Mozart worked on an opera in which the Greek heroine Elettra fails to win the love of the King of Crete's son (Idamante) who prefers the Trojan prisoner princess Ilia. What's the name of the opera?
2. In 1782 Mozart married Konstanze, the sister of Aloysia Weber, the woman he he had been courting first. In the same year he gave the name of Konstanze to the heroine of one of his most popular operas. In it a Christian woman gets locked up as a slave in the household of a Muslim prince. Name of the opera?
3. Which of these characters from 'Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail' can be seen as a mirror image of the enlightened and religiously tolerant Emperor of Austria, Jozef II, because in the play he, as a Ruler, demonstrates he can forgive his rival in love, even when that rival turns out to be the son on an old enemy?
4. In 1786 Mozart writes the first of three comic operas for which he had the same librettist: 'Le Nozze di Figaro'. Later followed by 'Don Giovanni'(1787) and 'Cosi Fan Tutte'(1790). Who was that librettist - who also worked for Salieri?
5. When the French play 'Le Mariage de Figaro' was adapted for opera it was re-written in Italian rather than in German. Which of these reasons played a major role in that decision?
6. What was so shocking about the subject of Beaumarchais' play?
7. Which of these 'male' roles in 'Le Nozze' is normally meant for a woman's voice?
8. True or False: Though Pierre Auguste de Beaumarchais attacked the aristocracy, he was himself a nobleman as is proved by the title he used, Baron de Beaumarchais?
9. What in 'Le Nozze' is the source of the conflict between Figaro and Count Almaviva?
10. At a given moment the Count thinks he has found a means to separate Susanna and Figaro. He discovers that Figaro once borrowed a sum of money from Dr. Bartolo's maidservant, Marcellina, in exchange for a marriage promise. How does Figaro escape from this dangerous complication?
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