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This quiz is a light-hearted test of your opera knowledge. There are questions that are easy, and some that are tricky. Hope you enjoy!

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

Author
ghicks

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
21,484

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
772

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Donna Anna was a character in an opera composed by... Hint

Wagner

Verdi

Mozart

Puccini

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Question 2 of 10

2. What opera by Puccini featured a soprano character named Mimi? Hint

La Boheme

Tosca

Turandot

Cosi fan tutte

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Question 3 of 10

3. What comic opera features three little maids: Yum-Yum, Peep-bo, and Pitti-Sing? Hint

The Yamamoto

The Magic Flute

The Sheep Girls

The Mikado

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who wrote The Black Swan for his Opera with Monica, and Toby? Hint

Menotti

Verdi

Saint-Saens

Mozart

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is the main character in the opera Carmen, by Georges Bizet?

Answer: (One Word. This is a freebie!)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Fiordiligi, Dorabella, and Despina make up half of the entire cast in a well known comic opera? The opera is "Cosi fan tutte" by Mozart.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the name of the character that represents Satan in Gounod's Faust?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Don Alfonso was the name of a character in which Mozart opera? Hint

Don Giovanni

Cosi fan tutte

The Magic Flute

Don Pasquale

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Question 9 of 10

9. What composition by Andrew Lloyd Webber includes Bible characters and can be considered a rock opera? Hint

Evita

Phantom of the Opera

Song and Dance

Jesus Christ Superstar

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Question 10 of 10

10. Dorothy Dandridge was in Oscar Hammerstein's production of.... Hint

Carmen Jones

Oklahoma

Carmina Burana

The Sound of Music

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Donna Anna was a character in an opera composed by...

Answer: Mozart

Donna Anna was a character in Don Giovanni--composed by Mozart.

2. What opera by Puccini featured a soprano character named Mimi?

Answer: La Boheme

Mimi was the flower girl who dies in the last scene of La Boheme.

3. What comic opera features three little maids: Yum-Yum, Peep-bo, and Pitti-Sing?

Answer: The Mikado

'One little maid is a bride, Yum-Yum ...' Three little maids from The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan. Very funny!

4. Who wrote The Black Swan for his Opera with Monica, and Toby?

Answer: Menotti

The opera is called The Medium. Monica's Waltz and The Black Swan are scenes.

5. Who is the main character in the opera Carmen, by Georges Bizet?

Answer: Carmen

6. Fiordiligi, Dorabella, and Despina make up half of the entire cast in a well known comic opera? The opera is "Cosi fan tutte" by Mozart.

Answer: True

7. What is the name of the character that represents Satan in Gounod's Faust?

Answer: Mephistofeles

Dr. Faust sells his soul to Mephistofeles, the thrilling bass!

8. Don Alfonso was the name of a character in which Mozart opera?

Answer: Cosi fan tutte

9. What composition by Andrew Lloyd Webber includes Bible characters and can be considered a rock opera?

Answer: Jesus Christ Superstar

"Jesus Christ Superstar" is a rock opera, although "Phantom of the Opera" sounds more like it belongs in an opera house!

10. Dorothy Dandridge was in Oscar Hammerstein's production of....

Answer: Carmen Jones

Source: Author ghicks

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