Chapter 15 Quiz 1

Opera and Operetta

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. Baroque staged works that include arias, instrumental interludes, and spoken dialogue would most likely have been composed by which composer?

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. Why was The Marriage of Figaro controversial at the time it was written?

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. The first operas contained only recitative, which delivered the text of the ___; composers disliked the dry, emotionless quality that this created, so they used arias to "pause" the narrative and allow characters to ___.

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. Wagner, Verdi, and Puccini are considered the leading operatic composers of which era?

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. Which American composer is listed as making significant contributions to the operatic repertory?

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. Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "Giacomo Puccini wrote several operas in the 'verismo' style, in which he focused on the struggles of normal people rather than the aristocracy or figures from mythology; his Girl of the Golden West is set in the Old West of the United States, while Madame Butterfly tells the story of young artists struggling to survive while being true to their art."

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. The three most popular composers of ___ were Johann Strauss Jr., Franz Lehar, and Arthur Sullivan; most of these works were lighter in character than operas, and typically have ___.

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. Particular melodies or rhythms identified with specific characters, symbols, or things are known as:

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. Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "Giuseppe Verdi's first two successful operas were both premiered at La Scala in Milan several years apart; the second, Nabuco, made him a national hero."

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. An opera that tells the story of one of the characters from the Iliad is an example of what type of opera?

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. Which is the best definition of "Gesamtkunstwerk," or "total work of art"?

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. Which statement about Romantic opera is NOT true?

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. In a traditional opera performance today, where is the orchestra located?

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. Which of the following operas did Mozart write with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte?

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. Which statement about "opera buffa" is NOT true?

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