1. The 1651 opera "La Calisto" tells the story of the unfortunate Arcadian nymph who gave her name to the second largest moon of the planet Jupiter. Who was the composer of "La Calisto"? Jacopo Peri Francesco Cavallo Claudio Monteverdi Giovanni Pergolesi

2. Franz Josef Haydn's 1777 opera "Il Mondo della Luna" ("The Land of the Moon") does not, in fact, take place on the moon, but concerns an elaborate prank by which an astrologer convinces a stubborn father to consent to his daughters' marriage to men of their own choosing. The libretto of "Il Mondo della Luna" is based on a comedy by this Italian author. Carlo Gozzi Giovanni Boccaccio Giuseppe Lampedusa Carlo Goldoni

3. In Mozart's "Die Zauberflote" ("The Magic Flute"), which character sings an aria in which he tells the moon to hide, so as not to see what he is doing? Papageno Monostatos Sarastro Tamino

4. The title character of Vincenzo Bellini's "Norma" is the high priestess of the druids. In Act I, she sings the celebrated (and notoriously difficult) aria "Casta Diva" to the "chaste goddess" of the moon. What sacred ritual is enacted during this scene? The cutting of the sacred mistletoe. The placing of a wreath at Diana's altar. The dedication of a vestal virgin. The sacrifice of an unblemished kid goat.

5. The moonlit serenade "Come e' gentil", sung by the tenor and chorus and accompanied by lute and tambourine, comes from this comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti. Don Pasquale La Fille du Regiment L'Elisir d'Amore Il Campanello

6. The title heroine of this French opera literally goes mad by moonlight, and begins dancing with her shadow. Massenet's "Cendrillon" Delibes' "Lakme" Meyerbeer's "Dinorah" Gounod's "Mirielle"

7. Arguably the most "moonstruck" character in opera is the lovelorn water spirit Rusalka in Dvorak's opera of the same name, who sings the haunting "Song to the Moon". Dvorak was actually not the first composer to dramatize this tragic folktale, which of these Russian composers also wrote an opera about Rusalka? Alexander Dargomyzhsky Cesare Cui Serge Prokofiev Mikhail Glinka

8. Music from Puccini's "La Boheme" was liberally used in the 1987 film "Moonstruck", starring Cher and Nicholas Cage, which concerns the love of a passionate operaphile for his brother's fiance. In which act of "La Boheme" does the light of the moon play a decisive part in the drama? Act II Act I Act III Act IV

9. Which of these Massenet operas contains a "Claire de Lune" scene, in which two star-crossed lovers declare their love for each other? Manon Werther Le Roi de Lahore Esclarmonde

10. Apart from "La Boheme", the rising of the moon also plays an important (and fateful) role in this Puccini opera. Madama Butterfly Turandot Tosca La Rondine