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Opera Divas: part 2

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Opera Divas part 2 game quiz
"Here are some great ladies of opera. This is a follow up to my first quiz about opera divas."

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1. She changed the concept of opera diva, in her "Daughter of the Regiment" performance at the Met, flaunting her belly button and a 22 inch waist.
    Lily Pons
    Eleanor Steber
    Anna Moffo
    Rise Stevens


2. This all American diva was born in Nashville into a family of folk singers and did not study classical music until college.
    Dawn Upshaw
    Renee Fleming
    Sharon Sweet
    Rosemarie Brancato


3. This coluratura, in true diva form, once threw the belongings of another performer out the window, because that performer was occupying a dressing room she wanted. She was fired from the Met, in spite of her talent, because of her temperamental fireworks.
    Maria Callas
    Beverly Sills
    Kathleen Battle
    Renata Scotto


4. This Diva shares the birthday of Enrico Caruso and the hometown of Luciano Pavarotti.
    Mirella Freni
    Fides Asenio
    Cecilia Bartoli
    Ileana Cotrubas


5. This glamorous diva was born in Pennsylvania to a shoemaker and once made performance history in a see-through gown.
    Grace Moore
    Anna Moffo
    Manserratt Caballe
    Renata Tebaldi


6. This diva of film, radio, Broadway and the Metropolitan opera was killed in a plane crash in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 26, 1947.
    Anna Maria Alberghetti
    Grace Moore
    Jane Powell
    Kathryn Grayson


7. What trio of women are known as the three sporanos?
    Kathleen Cassello, Kallen Esperian, Cynthia Lawrence
    Julianna Rambaldi, Gail Gilmore, Brigitte Fassbaender
    Dame Emma Albani, Leyla Gencer, Lois McDonnell
    Elena Obraztsova, Carol Vaness, Dawn Upshaw


8. This diva was married to a New York City policeman and sparked controversy and the ire of Met impressario Rudolph Bing with her club singing of pop songs.
    Rise Stevens
    Eileen Farrell
    Grace Bumbry
    Maureen Forrester


9. In 1970 while performing the role of Elena in the opera "I Vespri Sicilianni", this soprano experienced her first hostile audience. They were booing and calling out "Brava Callas and Maria! Maria!" during her performance.
    Renata Tebaldi
    Renata Scotto
    Kirsten Flagstad
    Grace Bumbry


10. Hans Christian Anderson fell in love with this diva and proposed to her a number of times. She inspired at least three of his stories which were: "The Ugly Duckling", "The Angel", and "The Emperor's Nightingale".
    Maria Felicita Malibrand
    Elizabeth Billington
    Francesca Caccini
    Jenny Lind


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Compiled May 24 13