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Final Exam Flashcards

1
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Light instrumental Punic perform between acts at an opera

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Entr acte music

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2
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In this area Carmen sings that love is a rebellious bird that can never be contained and it’s like a gypsy child that has never known the law

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Habenara

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3
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In this aria escamino sings about a dark eye that watches as the bull fighter fights and that love awaits him

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Toreador song

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4
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Give two reasons why Carmen is so controversial when it first came out

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She’s a whore and Carmen died

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5
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Give two words to describe Bernardo and describe how he is related to someone else

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Leader and powerful and he’s Maria’s brother

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6
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Two words to describe Maria and how she’s related to another character

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Passionate and Puerto Rican and Bernardo’s sister

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7
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In the end of the movie Maria says the boys weren’t killed with weapons but with

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Hate

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8
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Two words to describe Escimio and how he is related to other characters

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Popus bull fighter and boyfriend of Carmen

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9
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Speech like style of singing very little accompaniment

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Recitative speech

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10
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Two words to describe tony and how he relates to another character

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Tall handsome and in love with Maria founder of jets

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11
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This menstrualvshow composer wrote Compton races oh susana and my old Kentucky home

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Stephen foster

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12
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This person composed Carmen

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George Bizet

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Two words to describe Anita and how she’s related to another character

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Fisty short and Bernardo’s love interest

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Two words to describe Carmen and how she’s related to another character

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Seductive not classy and likes escimio

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15
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Name of American gang

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Jets

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16
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Two words to describe mikaela and related to someone else

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Innocent beautiful and loves don Jose

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17
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Two words to describe don Jose and how he’s related

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Crazy superior and loves Carmen

18
Q

Name of Puerto Rican gangs

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Sharks

19
Q

How did Bernstein become famous over night as assistant conductor of NY Philharmone

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He was the understudy and had to perform when the main composer couldn’t come in

20
Q

Has some speaking few comical moment happy ending

A

Opera comique

21
Q

Richest time period of Broadway musical

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Show boat- 1927-1957, west side story

22
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The year Carmen premiered

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1875

23
Q

What is a solo in an opera

A

Aria

24
Q

Instead of Capulet’s and montegues west side story has the

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Jets and sharks

25
Q

These performances featured exaggerated portrayals of blacks
White performers in black face

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Minstvel shows

26
Q

This type of show’s stories became more real and music became integrated more logically

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Broadway musical

27
Q

What are the two Gangs fighting over

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Territory

28
Q

Who wrote the book west side story

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Arthur laurents

29
Q

These types of shows included singers, dancers, jugglers, magicians, and animal acts

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Vaudeville

30
Q

Composer of wss

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Leonard Bernstein

31
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Person wrote music for wss

A

Stephen Sondheim

32
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Wrote choreography for wss

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Jerome Robbins

33
Q

Carmen is sung in this language

A

French

34
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The setting of wss

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1950s NYC, Manhattan

35
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Movie version of wss came out in this year

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1961

36
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Music played at beginning of opera that serves as a preview to what’s about to happen

A

Overture

37
Q

Carmen is set in this country

A

Spain

38
Q

Two main characters meet and fall in love at this event

A

Dance in the gym

39
Q

Wss is based on this story

A

Romeo and Juliet

40
Q

Lyrics in opera

A

Libretto

41
Q

Carmen works here with lots of other girls

A

Cigarette factory

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