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In opera you would expect to experience _____.
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Beautiful stage scenes
Flambouant costumes
Soloists, choral singers, and instrumentalists
All of the above
Opera was born in
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France
Germany
Italy
Great Britan
In early plays, the audience looked forward to the lavish music and costume episodes between acts called ______. These became the foundation for the beginning of true operas.
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Intermission
Intermezzi
Interlude
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The soul of opera lies in its
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Dance
Music
Stage
Costumes
Although there is one original opera that does not survive today, ____ is considered to be the first opera as it did survive in history.
2 points
Eurydice
Marriage of Figaro
Magic Flute
Orfeo
Who wrote Orfeo?
1 point
Wagner
Beethoven
Monteverdi
Mozart
The main character in Orfeo (Orpheus) was a castrato. Look up what a "castrato" is online and then answer this question - it may shock you!
2 points
A woman posing as a man to sing high notes
A person with a high voice singing offstage while the performer on stage lip sincs
A man who sings in a falsetto voice
A man who voluntarily was castrated before puberty to keep his voice high
Opera's fame spread to the world from what city?
2 points
Venice
Rome
Florence
Vatican City
Opera did not establish a dominance in France because they French preferred
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Musicals
Marching Bands
Ballet
Orchestra
Who is the German composer who almost made operas popular in England before giving it up to write the more popular genre of oratorios?
2 points
Handel
Rossini
Monteverdi
Mozart
What is an oratorio?
2 points
An aria within an opera
Sacred (Bible) text set to music
An elaborate stage show
A madrigal
Recitative in opera is a sort of early rap where words are spoken in rhythm, often on one pitch. What is recitativo accompagnato?
2 points
Spoken word in rhythm by 2 people (duet)
An aria (song in an opera NOT spoken word)
Spoken word in rhythm accompanied by the orchestra
Orchestral music with no words
Who inspired Mozart to write operas?
2 points
Monteverdi
Wagner
Beethoven
Gluck
How old was Mozart when he wrote his first opera, Idomeneo?
1 point
10
20
25
35
Which of the following is NOT an opera written by Mozart?
2 points
Don Giovanni
The Marriage of Figaro
The Magic Flute
Fidelio
What type of opera is compared to a Hollywood movie with all elements of a blockbuster film?
2 points
Opera Buffa
Grand Opera
Opera Seria
Ballet Opera
Russian opera composers include
2 points
Glinka
Mussorgsky
Tchaikovsky
All of the above
Opera is popular with the masses today
1 point
Yes
No

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
1. All of the above
2. Italy
3. Intermezzi
4. Music
5. Eurydice
6. Monteverdi
7. A man who voluntarily was castrated before puberty to keep his voice high
8. Venice
9. Ballet
10. Handel
11. Sacred (Bible) text set to music
12. Spoken word in rhythm accompanied by the orchestra
13. Gluck
14. 25
15. Fidelio
16. Grand Opera
17. All of the above
18. No