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Operatic multiplicity Trivia Quiz

There are some stories which have been set by more than one composer as operas. This is to test your knowledge of this "duplicity", or in some cases multiplicity.

A multiple-choice quiz by humando. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
humando

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
109,208

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. For instance, there is one story which is the subject of operas by Dvorak, Gluck, Handel, Haydn, Lully, Rossini, and Salieri. What is it story of? Hint

Armida and Rinaldo during the crusades

The contract between Faust and the devil

The trials of Jesus

The assassination of Julius Caesar

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these composers wrote an opera about Faust? Hint

Wagner

Berlioz

Spohr

Schumann

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who is known for composing an opera about Faust as well as writing libretti for Verdi operas? Hint

Boieldieu

Boccherini

Boito

Borodin

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Question 4 of 10

4. Before Verdi's "Otello", which other Italian composer had already composed the music for a version of "Othello"? Hint

Donizetti

Boccherini

Bellini

Rossini

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Question 5 of 10

5. In composing his "Manon Lescaut", Puccini said that was not setting scenes from L'Abbe Provost's novel which had already been used in the operatic version by whom? Hint

Bizet

Auber

Massenet

Gounod

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Question 6 of 10

6. As well as Verdi, the story of story of Sir John Falstaff and his flirtations is also the subject of an opera by which of the following composers? Hint

Salieri

Niccolai

all of these

Vaughan Williams

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who composed an opera called "La Boheme" after Puccini rejected the libretto which he had written for it? Hint

Toscanini

Giordano

Leoncavallo

Leoni

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Question 8 of 10

8. Whose opera about Joan of Arc has her dying in battle? Hint

Tchaikovsky

Verdi

Honneger

Bach

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of Bellini's operas tells the same story as Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette"? Hint

I Puritani

Norma

La Straniera

I Capuleti e Montecchi

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Question 10 of 10

10. The story of Orpheus' descent into Hades to rescue Eurydice is told in operas by ? Hint

Wagner and Weber

Offenbach and Johann Strauss

Monteverdi and Gluck

Puccini and Bellini

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. For instance, there is one story which is the subject of operas by Dvorak, Gluck, Handel, Haydn, Lully, Rossini, and Salieri. What is it story of?

Answer: Armida and Rinaldo during the crusades

Most of these operas have the name "Armida" (or "Armide" where the libretto is in French). Handel's opera is called "Rinaldo".

2. Which of these composers wrote an opera about Faust?

Answer: Spohr

Berlioz and Schumann each wrote about Faust in the form of an oratorio. Wagner is a character in Marlowe's play about Faust, and also the name of a composer of a Faust Overture.

3. Who is known for composing an opera about Faust as well as writing libretti for Verdi operas?

Answer: Boito

Boito's libretti were for Verdi last two operas, Otello and Falstaff.

4. Before Verdi's "Otello", which other Italian composer had already composed the music for a version of "Othello"?

Answer: Rossini

Rossini's version has never had a very great reputation, mainy because Shakespeare's play was so mangled as to make it barely recogisable.

5. In composing his "Manon Lescaut", Puccini said that was not setting scenes from L'Abbe Provost's novel which had already been used in the operatic version by whom?

Answer: Massenet

Auber also composed an opera about Manon Lescaut.

6. As well as Verdi, the story of story of Sir John Falstaff and his flirtations is also the subject of an opera by which of the following composers?

Answer: all of these

The operas are "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (Niccolai), "Sir John in Love"(Vaughan Williams), and "Falstaff" (Salieri).

7. Who composed an opera called "La Boheme" after Puccini rejected the libretto which he had written for it?

Answer: Leoncavallo

The timing and circumstances made it impossible for Leoncavallo's work to gain a place in the usual operatic repertoire.

8. Whose opera about Joan of Arc has her dying in battle?

Answer: Verdi

Tchaikovsky's opera "The Maid of Orleans" amd Honneger's oratorio "Joan of Arc at the Stake" both end with Joan being condemned to the stake as a witch.

9. Which of Bellini's operas tells the same story as Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette"?

Answer: I Capuleti e Montecchi

Bellini's version is not based on Shakespeare's version of the story.

10. The story of Orpheus' descent into Hades to rescue Eurydice is told in operas by ?

Answer: Monteverdi and Gluck

Gluck's libretto allows a happier ending than Monteverdi's, in which Eurydice returns to Hades never to see the light again. Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld" is regarded as an operetta, not an opera.

Source: Author humando

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