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Lights, Camera, Opera

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Music from TV and Movies : Lights, Camera, Opera

Introduction:
"There are many films which feature opera sequences. See how well you do with a few questions featuring movies and opera."


1. Which opera was featured in the movie "Going My Way?"
    La Boheme
    La Traviata
    Carmen
    Aida


2. Luciano Pavarotti made his movie debut and farewell with what film?
    Roma
    With a Song in my Heart
    Yes, Giorgio
    Make Believe


3. Placido Domingo and Teresa Stratas starred in Verdi's "La Traviata." Name the director of the film.
    Jean Renoir
    Luchino Visconti
    Franco Zeffirelli
    Milos Forman


4. The climax of "Godfather III" takes place at a performance of Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana", with Don Corleone in attendance. Which of his relatives is performing in the opera?
    His son
    His brother
    His daughter
    His godson


5. Mario Lanza, while known more as a popular star singing popular songs, acquitted himself quite well as an opera singer in several films. Probably his best was "Serenade. Which opera is featured prominently in this film?
    Rigoletto
    Otello
    Die Walkure
    The Magic Flute


6. Jeanette MacDonald sings in the opera "Faust" in one of her biggest hits; probably the first "disaster" movie.
    New York, New York
    San Francisco
    The Towering Inferno
    Maytime


7. In the film classic "The Lost Weekend", Ray Milland plays an alcoholic. During one memorable scene, which takes place at a performance of "La Traviata", his character has a hallucination in which he sees the performers transform themselves into what?
    Bottles of whiskey
    Corkscrews
    Grasshoppers
    Dogs


8. In "Moonstruck", Nicholas Cage takes Cher to the Met to see which opera?
    La Boheme
    The Barber of Seville
    Aida
    The Dialogues of the Carmelites


9. In "The Untouchables", there is a scene when we get to see Al Capone blubbering over the aria "Vesti La Giubba." Which opera is this aria from?
    Cavalleria Rusticana
    Turandot
    Tosca
    Paglicacci


10. The Marx Brothers film "A Night at the Opera" features a hilarious send-up of opera. Which opera is at the center of this movie?
    Rigoletto
    Il Trovatore
    Eugene Onegin
    Lucia di Lammermoor


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