Opera Trivia Questions
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In Kreutzer's opera 'The Night Camp in Granada', the Infante is a character from which country?
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spain
Which opera character's son, Nanki-Poo, disguises himself as a minstrel and ultimately marries Yum-Yum?
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mikado
In the 19th century opera 'I Capuleti e i Montecchi,' which role was famously created by the female star Giuditta Grisi?
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romeo
What is the Italian title of Mozart's opera about the legend of Don Juan?
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don giovanni
What blacksmith tool is struck with a mallet in Wagner's "Das Rheingold" to imitate the sound of dwarf's hammering?
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anvil
In which Verdi opera is the king of Ethiopia a baritone role and the king of Egypt a bass?
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aida
In which imperial city is Puccini's opera 'Turandot,' about a Chinese princess, set?
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beijing
In which country are both Stravinsky's 'The Nightingale' and Puccini's 'Turandot' set?
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china
In which Bizet opera does Escamillo sing the 'Toreador's Song' in Act II?
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carmen
What nocturnal habit does Amina, the heroine of Bellini's opera 'La Sonnambula', exhibit?
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sleepwalking
In which country is the opera 'The Daughter of the Regiment' set?
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switzerland
For what medium did Stravinsky write his 1962 opera 'The Flood'?
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television
What is the name of the opera featuring a Gypsy heroine who is a hussy and works in a cigarette factory?
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carmen
Which Rossini opera features scenes set on the shores of Lake Lucerne?
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william tell
In 1961, which African American soprano made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 'Il Trovatore'?
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leontyne price
In the operas Tosca and Carmen, by what method are the characters Scarpia and Carmen killed?
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stabbing
Which opera features the famous 'Triumphal March'?
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aida
Which composer originally titled their opera 'Rigoletto' as 'La Maledizione' ('The Curse')?
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giuseppe verdi
Which Leoncavallo opera concludes with the line 'La commedia e finita,' meaning 'The comedy is ended'?
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pagliacci
Who is the hunchback jester serving the Duke of Mantua in a Verdi opera?
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rigoletto
Which Spanish city appears in the title of the opera that features the aria 'Largo al factotum'?
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seville
In which Verdi opera does Radames face being buried alive and is joined in the tomb by a heroine who chooses to share his fate?
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aida
Part of which Verdi opera is set at the Temple of Vulcan in Memphis?
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aida
In which Spanish city is Prokofiev's opera 'The Duenna' set, similar to 'Carmen'?
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seville
Which Richard Strauss opera was based on an Oscar Wilde play translated into German by Hedwig Lachmann?
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salome
In one of Bela Bartok's more famous operas, which notorious wife killer's castle serves as the setting?
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bluebeard
Which Greek-American opera singer made her La Scala debut in 1951 performing in 'I vespri siciliani'?
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maria callas
In which Italian island is the opera 'Cavalleria rusticana' set, as seen in 'The Godfather, Part III'?
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sicily
In which city is a fire lit in the final scene of 'The Maid of Orleans' opera?
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rouen
Which ancient Greek poetess is featured as the heroine in an 1840 opera composed by Giovanni Pacini?
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sappho
What is the name of Italy's leading opera house that was almost destroyed by bombs during WWII?
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la scala
In which Verdi opera does the title character, a slave, reveal herself to be an Ethiopian princess?
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aida
In which Donizetti opera does a vengeful female Borgia serve poisoned wine to a roomful of dinner guests?
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lucrezia borgia
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