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Pop Quiz: All About Opera

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1.

Opera began in what century?

15th
17th
13th

2.

Which opera tells the story of a geisha girl who commits suicide after marrying a foreign man named Pinkerton?

La Boheme
Madame Butterfly
Cats

3.

This modern opera by George Gershwin tells the story of African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina during the 1920s:

Porgy and Bess
Barber of Seville
Phantom of the Opera

4.

La Boheme was composed by:

Mozart
Stravinsky
Puccini

5.

“The Three Tenors” are:

Beverly Sills, Kathleen Battle, and Cecilia Bertoli
Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras
Boris Christov, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras

6.

A “libretto” is:

The text of an opera
The theme of an opera
A tragic opera

7.

A woman opera singer with a low voice is classified as a:

Tenor
Alto
Mezzo-soprano

8.

Who said that “The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral”?

Walter Winchell
H.L. Mencken
Jose Carreras

9.

Which composer wrote only one opera, Fidelio?

Beethoven
Mozart
Handel

10.

If you want to see La Boheme this spring at the New York City Opera and sit in the “premium orchestra” section, be prepared to pay:

$300
$110
$25