Which of the following composers was most famous for writing operas?
a. Beethoven
b. Haydn
c. Schubert
d. Mozart
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If your text materials don't discuss these composers and their works, I advise you to "google" each of them and find out what they wrote. For example, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a lot of instrumental/orchestral work, but only one opera.
BTW, Beethoven's Fidelio is very good. I like it a lot. :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operas_by_Mozart
anonymous: Haydn wrote and "directed" a number of operas, but they were not lasting, and seldom performed in the last 60 years. Haydn's operas are only occasionally performed today. They are not well known. In fact, I have only seen one live in my lifetime, and on radio, or serious music distributors, maybe once a year I hear one.
Shubert? I think he wrote 17,but only two are well known, and one of those for a single aria (Franz Schubert -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMwUFJfN1hs>, and the other, Fierrabras is occasionally performed, the last major performance was in Salzberg, 2014.
So the Audience says: Mozart. Now, Anonymous could be right, your teacher is very weird and loves something about the other three, but that would be most strange. Your text could also be on a tangent also. But Mozart is the best known.
Shubert? I think he wrote 17,but only two are well known, and one of those for a single aria (Franz Schubert -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMwUFJfN1hs>, and the other, Fierrabras is occasionally performed, the last major performance was in Salzberg, 2014.
So the Audience says: Mozart. Now, Anonymous could be right, your teacher is very weird and loves something about the other three, but that would be most strange. Your text could also be on a tangent also. But Mozart is the best known.
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