Some sample questions from this category:
* What is the name of Wagner's first Opera?
* Which of the following Operas is real?
* What was the name of Wagner's second wife?
* Who was the person that may have caused the anti-semite side of Wagner?
* When in school, Wagner did which of these?
* "Das Rheingold" begins with the three Rhinemaidens swimming in the Rhine. Which of the following is not a Rhinemaiden?
* Who steals the Rhinegold from the Rhinemaidens?
* What must the thief do in order to be able to forge the all-powerful ring from the Rhinegold?
* Wagner wrote his own libretto for "Das Rheingold". Which of the following chains of nonsense syllables does not appear in the opera?
* Which of the following characters are not brothers?
* What or who did Wotan originally promise as payment for the giants who built Valhalla?
* In which city did "Das Rheingold" have its world premiere?
* Alberich has a magic helmet, the Tarnhelm, that allows him to assume any shape or form. Which of the following forms does he not assume in the opera?
* Who has possession of the Rhinegold and the Ring at the end of "Das Rheingold"?
* What is the popular name for the final scene of "Das Rheingold"?
* The libretto for the Flying Dutchman was written by Richard Wagner himself, but it was based on a work by which Romantic German author?
* When was the opera "The Flying Dutchman" first performed?
* Why does "The Flying Dutchman" go to shore in Norway?
* What is the name of the main female character in "The Flying Dutchman"?
* The leading female character reacts violently to "The Flying Dutchman's" appearance. Why?
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