Chapter 48

Question 1

Singspiel

Answer 1

German light comic opera with spoken dialogue not recitatives, ex: Don Giovanni

Question 2

Lorenzo da Ponte

Answer 2

one of Mozart’s librettists starting in 1785, working together for Nozze, Don Giovanni, and Cosi fan tutte

Question 3

Trouser role

Answer 3

male character played by a woman

Question 4

Ensemble finale

Answer 4

all characters are on stage for the finale, not chaotic, hadn’t been done before Mozart, does it in way where you can hear the story, poetic text, a rousing way for the characters to bring down the curtain

Question 5

Requiem Mass

Answer 5

the burial mass of the Roman Catholic Church

Question 6

Dies irae

Answer 6

Day of Wrath, an anonymous 13th century sequence; today the most famous of all medieval sequences, one which serves as the sequence of the requiem Mass

Question 7

How many of each opera did he write?

Answer 7

8 opera seria, 7 opera buffa, 5 Singspiel

Question 8

Name 4 of his Singspiels and the dates.

Answer 8

Bastien und Bastienne (1768), Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Don Giovanni, and Die Zauberflote

Question 9

Name one of his opera seria and explain it.

Answer 9

Idomeneo (1780) has a mythological story that involves a choir and ballet. It is more natural voice than normal for opera seria.

Question 10

Tell me about Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail.

Answer 10

The plot was about a Turkish lord and it had a lot of Turkish music in it.

Question 11

Name one opera buffa and explain.

Answer 11

Le nozze di Figaro (1786) and is about a manservant named Figaro and how he outwits Count Almaviva. French kings wouldn’t allow it to be performed until 1784 in Paris.

Question 12

Who was the librettist for Die Zauberflote?

Answer 12

Emanuel Schikaneder

Question 13

When was the Requiem Mass written?

Answer 13

1791 when Mozart became ill and stayed in bed

Question 14

What are the movements from in the Requiem Mass?

Answer 14

movements are used from Mass Proper and Mass Ordinary