Jeopardy Opera and Classical

Question 1

OPERA–200–The title role in “Boris Godunov” is for a singer in this vocal range

Answer 1

bass

Question 2

OPERA–400–Peter Cornelius’ opera “The Barber of Baghdad” was based on a tale in this collection

Answer 2

Arabian Nights

Question 3

OPERA–600–In Sir Arthur Sullivan’s “Ivanhoe”, “Ho, Jolly Jenkin” is an aria for this Friar

Answer 3

Friar Tuck

Question 4

OPERA–800–Wagner didn’t want “Parsifal” performed outside of this city that now holds Wagner festivals

Answer 4

Bayreuth

Question 5

OPERA–1000–His “Elecktra” in 1908 may have been electric, but it was his “Salome” 3 years earlier that was scandalous

Answer 5

Richard Strauss

Question 6

OPERA–400–This 1893 opera based on a children’s tale is set partly in the woods of Ilsenstein

Answer 6

Hansel and Gretel

Question 7

OPERA–800–A 1913 opera about this queen of Ithaca is based on an episode from “The Odyssey”

Answer 7

Penelope

Question 8

OPERA–400–Eva has to marry the winner of a singing contest in Nuremberg in this comic opera by Wagner

Answer 8

Die Meistersinger

Question 9

OPERA–1600–In 2004 the Royal Opera dropped soprano Deborah Voigt from “Ariadne Auf Naxos” for this reason

Answer 9

she was too heavy

Question 10

OPERA–2000–The name of this comic opera by Mozart is sometimes translated as “So Do They All”

Answer 10

Cosi Fan Tutte

Question 11

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–Kochel No. 1 is the G major minuet & trio he composed when he was about 5

Answer 11

Mozart

Question 12

CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–The well-traveled Felix Mendelssohn wrote “Italian” & “Scottish” ones

Answer 12

symphonies

Question 13

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1200–Born near Prague in 1841, he composed the following in 1863

Answer 13

Antonin Dvorák

Question 14

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1600–Ironically, one of the last works Franz Schubert heard was this type of mass, by his brother Ferdinand

Answer 14

a requiem

Question 15

CLASSICAL MUSIC–2000–This Strauss waltz heard here commemorated a meeting between Franz Joseph I & Wilhelm II

Answer 15

‘The Emperor Waltz’ (‘The Emperors Waltz’ accepted)

Question 16

BALLET & OPERA–400–Nutty about “The Nutcracker”? You’ve probably seen it during this month (that’s the month it was first performed, too)

Answer 16

December

Question 17

BALLET & OPERA–800–Warning: If you play the role of Jemmy in the opera “William Tell”, you’ll get one of these shot off your head

Answer 17

an apple

Question 18

BALLET & OPERA–1200–Haydn wrote several operas for these stringed toys, but someone must be hidin’ them; most of them are lost

Answer 18

puppets (or marionettes)

Question 19

BALLET & OPERA–1600–Odile & Prince Sigfried are the deux-o who dance the Black Swan pas de deux in this ballet

Answer 19

Swan Lake

Question 20

BALLET & OPERA–2000–In an opera based on history, the pharaoh Akhenaten gives up polygamy for this beautiful queen

Answer 20

Nefertiti

Question 21

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–Due to the color of his hair, this “Four Seasons” composer was known as “Il Prete Rosso”, or “The Red Priest”

Answer 21

Vivaldi

Question 22

CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–Robert Schumann’s 1841 “Spring” symphony dealt with this important event in his life

Answer 22

his wedding

Question 23

CLASSICAL MUSIC–3200–From 1937 to 1954 he directed NBC’s Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Toscanini

Question 24

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1600–High school & college graduates should know that this march by Elgar is also known as “Land Of Hope And Glory”

Answer 24

‘Pomp And Circumstance’

Question 25

CLASSICAL MUSIC–2000–In 1969 this French composer was selected to replace Leonard Bernstein as director of the N.Y. Philharmonic

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Pierre Boulez

Question 26

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–Around 1915 Debussy composed 12 etudes in memory of this Polish-French composer

Answer 26

Chopin

Question 27

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–800–Beethoven’s father tried to promote him as a child prodigy, like this Salzburg-born genius

Answer 27

Mozart

Question 28

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1200–“The Tender Land” is a 1954 opera by this “Appalachian Spring” composer

Answer 28

Copland

Question 29

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1600–This Austrian composer’s Symphony No. 8 is known as the “Symphony of a Thousand”

Answer 29

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Gustav) Mahler

Question 30

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–2000–He supervised a 1907 phonograph recording of his own “Pagliacci”

Answer 30

Leoncavallo

Question 31

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–After seeing Verdi’s “Aida” he decided opera was to be his forte & came up with “La boheme” & “Tosca” among others

Answer 31

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Giacomo) Puccini

Question 32

CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–Arthur Sullivan in 1856 was the first person to receive the scholarship named for this “Bridal March” composer

Answer 32

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Felix) Mendelssohn

Question 33

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1200–For the ballet “Coppelia” Leo Delibes used “The Sandman”, one of the “Tales of” this author

Answer 33

E.T.A. Hoffman

Question 34

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1600–In 1874 Ibsen asked Edvard Grieg to compose incidental music for this play

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Peer Gynt

Question 35

CLASSICAL MUSIC–2000–Italian for “a whim”, Strauss used it as an opera title, Paganini for a violin study

Answer 35

a capriccio

Question 36

CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–400–A famous trio was made up of Eugene Istomin on piano, Leonard Rose on cello & Isaac Stern on this

Answer 36

violin

Question 37

CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–800–In March of 2004 this renowned tenor made his farewell Metropolitan Opera apparance, in “Tosca”

Answer 37

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Luciano) Pavarotti

Question 38

CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–1200–In his early teens, around 1890, he studied cello in Barcelona with Jose Garcia

Answer 38

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Pablo) Casals

Question 39

CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–1600–30 years older, this composer was a pal of Vladimir Horowitz, who could really bang out his 3rd Piano Concerto

Answer 39

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Sergei Vassilievich) Rachmaninoff

Question 40

CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–2000–La Diva Renee is a dessert named for this popular soprano

Answer 40

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Renée) Fleming

Question 41

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–100–This “Messiah” composer’s first job was as a church organist in Halle, Germany, at age 17

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Georg Handel

Question 42

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–200–“Variations on a Theme by Haydn” was this “lullaby” composer’s first major work for full orchestra

Answer 42

Johannes Brahms

Question 43

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–300–In 1977, his “Immortal Beloved” was identified as Antonie Brentano, wife of a merchant

Answer 43

Beethoven

Question 44

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–This father-in-law of Richard Wagner died July 31, 1886, during the Wagner festival at Bayreuth

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Franz Liszt

Question 45

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–500–He composed his “Leningrad Symphony” during the World War II siege of Leningrad

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Dmitri Shostakovich

Question 46

OPERA–200–Robert Guilliaume appeared in a 1965 production of this Gershwin work at the Vienna Volksoper

Answer 46

Porgy and Bess

Question 47

OPERA–400–Title shared by the Puccini and Leoncavallo operas about Mimi, a poor seamstress

Answer 47

La bohème

Question 48

OPERA–600–This “Lohengrin” composer’s first opera, “Die Fein”, wasn’t performed until 1888, five years after his death

Answer 48

Richard Wagner

Question 49

OPERA–200–In Wagner’s “Gotterdammerung”, she dies by riding her horse onto Siegfried’s funeral pyre

Answer 49

Brunhilde

Question 50

OPERA–800–“Savitre”, by this composer of “The Planets”, is based on an episode in “The Mahabarata”

Answer 50

Holst

Question 51

OPERA–400–Naval rank of Pinkerton in “Madame Butterfly”

Answer 51

lieutenant

Question 52

OPERA–1000–Hedwig Lachmann translated an Oscar Wilde play into German for this Richard Strauss opera

Answer 52

Salome

Question 53

OPERA–600–Of “Benvenuto Cellini”, “Boris Godunov”, and “Eugene Onegin”, the two who were historic figures

Answer 53

Cellini and Godunov

Question 54

OPERA–800–In Germany, this opera is sometimes called “Margarethe” to separate it from the Goethe drama

Answer 54

Faust

Question 55

OPERA–1000–In this operetta, Prince Orlovsky calls champagne “the king of all wines”

Answer 55

Die Fleidermaus

Question 56

YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA–400–We’re not stringing you along: “El Retablo de Maese Pedro” is meant to be peformed by these toys

Answer 56

puppets

Question 57

YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA–800–At the beginning of an 1893 opera, these little tykes are sent into the woods to pick strawberries

Answer 57

Hansel

Question 58

YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA–1200–King Solomon is a character in “La Reine de Saba”, an opera about the queen of this place

Answer 58

Sheba

Question 59

YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA–1600–Flosshilde is a Rhinemaiden in this composer’s “Das Rheingold”

Answer 59

Richard Wagner

Question 60

YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA–800–INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Jimmy of the Clue Crew blows an alphorn in front of a Tyrolean chalet.) Appropriately, an alphorn call is imitated in the overture to this 1829 Rossini opera

Answer 60

William Tell

Question 61

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–200–On the eve of the premiere of “Carmen”, he was named a chevalier of the legion of honor

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Georges Bizet

Question 62

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–It was musicographer Ludwing Von Kochel who assigned the “K” numbers to this man’s musical works

Answer 62

W.A. Mozart

Question 63

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1000–In April, 1759, this German-born composer was buried in Westminster Abbey

Answer 63

Handel

Question 64

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–800–Upon his death, this Hungarian pianist’s manuscripts passed to the Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein

Answer 64

Franz Liszt

Question 65

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1000–In 1933 this “Sabre Dance” composer married fellow Russian composer Nina Makarova

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Aram Khatchatourian

Question 66

HISTORICAL OPERAS–100–In an 1846 opera, this Hun gets stabbed to death by his honey, Odabella

Answer 66

Attila

Question 67

HISTORICAL OPERAS–200–You need a mezzo to play this beautiful queen in Phillip Glass’s opera “Akhenaton”

Answer 67

Nefertiti

Question 68

HISTORICAL OPERAS–300–This Aztec is the title character in operas by Karl Heinrich Braun & Roger Sessions

Answer 68

Montezuma

Question 69

HISTORICAL OPERAS–2000–At the end of Donizetti’s opera “Anna Bolena”, this woman is Henry VIII’s new queen

Answer 69

Jane Seymour

Question 70

HISTORICAL OPERAS–500–This Portuguese explorer falls in love with an African captive in Meyerbeer’s opera, “L’Africaine”

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Vasco da Gama

Question 71

COMPOSERS–200–Written in 1966, “Requiem Canticles” was the last major work by this composer of “The Firebird”

Answer 71

Igor Stravinsky

Question 72

COMPOSERS–400–Court composer Michel-Richard De Lalande gave harpsichord lessons to this “Sun King”’s daughters

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Louis XIV

Question 73

COMPOSERS–1000–In 1969 he was named Conductor Laureate for life of the New York Philharmonic

Answer 73

Leonard Bernstein

Question 74

COMPOSERS–800–This Viennese composer called one of his many waltzes “Wiener Blut”, which means “Vienna Blood”

Answer 74

Johann Strauss

Question 75

COMPOSERS–1000–This Austrian composer wasn’t Mozart’s father, but Mozart did call him “Papa”

Answer 75

Franz Josef Haydn

Question 76

OPERA–400–Cleopatra (soprano) & Curio (bass) appear in Handel’s opera about this man (contralto) in Egypt

Answer 76

Julius Caesar

Question 77

OPERA–800–He wrote the ragtime opera “A Guest of Honor”

Answer 77

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Scott) Joplin

Question 78

OPERA–1200–This Verdi opera was first performed on Dec. 24, 1871, in Cairo

Answer 78

Aida

Question 79

OPERA–1600–In a Puccini opera, he marries then abandons Cio-Cio-San

Answer 79

Pinkerton

Question 80

OPERA–2000–In a Wagner opera, this title knight tells Elsa he’ll marry her so long as she never asks his identity

Answer 80

Lohengrin

Question 81

OPERAS BY CHARACTER–400–Dick Deadeye, a sailor;Admiral Sir Joseph Porter;Captain Corcoran

Answer 81

H.M.S. Pinafore

Question 82

OPERAS BY CHARACTER–800–Narraboth,Herodias,John the Baptist

Answer 82

Salome

Question 83

OPERAS BY CHARACTER–1200–Klingsor, a sorcerer;Amfortas, keeper of the grail;Gurnemanz, a knight

Answer 83

Parsifal

Question 84

OPERAS BY CHARACTER–1600–Beppe,Silvio,Canio the head clown

Answer 84

I Pagliacci

Question 85

OPERAS BY CHARACTER–2000–The Duke of Mantua,Gilda,Count Monterone

Answer 85

Rigoletto

Question 86

OPERA–200–The Lone Ranger’s theme is the opera’s overture

Answer 86

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (The)

Question 87

OPERA–400–Profession of Rossini’s Figaro

Answer 87

a barber

Question 88

OPERA–1000–This aria from “Pagliacci” gave him the first million-selling record ever

Answer 88

Enrico Caruso

Question 89

OPERA–800–Lt. Pinkerton’s girlfriend Cio-Cio-San

Answer 89

Madame Butterfly

Question 90

OPERA–1000–1976 was also the bicentennial of this famed Milan opera house

Answer 90

Teatro alla Scala

Question 91

CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–Mendelssohn was one of the first to use this to conduct

Answer 91

Baton

Question 92

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–In a pipe organ, a pipe’s shape affects its tone quality, and its length determines this

Answer 92

Pitch

Question 93

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1500–Of the three “B”’s, the one who left town when rejected as Philharmonic conductor in his native Hamburg

Answer 93

Johannes Brahms

Question 94

CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–Pehaps the greatest violinist ever, this Italian could play a whole piece on just one string

Answer 94

Niccolo Paganini

Question 95

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–This great concert pianist and Polish premier was a friend of Liberace’s family

Answer 95

Ignace Jan Paderewski

Question 96

OPERA–200–The “marriage” of this character to Susanna takes place in Count Almaviva’s chateau

Answer 96

Figaro

Question 97

OPERA–400–This opera’s best-known aria is Cio-Cio-San’s “Un Bel Di Vedremo”

Answer 97

Madame Butterfly

Question 98

OPERA–600–Act I of this 1875 opera takes place in a Seville square near a cigarette factory

Answer 98

‘Carmen’

Question 99

OPERA–800–The title character in this Verdi opera is a hunchbacked jester

Answer 99

‘Rigoletto’

Question 100

OPERA–1000–Beethoven wrote 4 overtures for this opera

Answer 100

‘Fidelio’

Question 101

SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS–200–It’s the play that inspired Reynaldo Hahn’s opera “Le Marchand de Venise”

Answer 101

The Merchant of Venice

Question 102

SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS–400–The Bolshoi presented this ballet at the Met in 1959, with Yuri Zhdanov & Galina Ulanova as the title lovers

Answer 102

Romeo

Question 103

SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS–600–You’ll need some long-winded singers to star in “Stormen”, a Swedish opera based on this play

Answer 103

The Tempest

Question 104

SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS–800–Verdi wrote an aria called “La Luce Langue”–The Light Fails–for this bloothirsty villainess

Answer 104

Lady Macbeth

Question 105

SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS–500–Title character played by former Alvin Ailey dancer Desmond Richardson in a 1997 ballet

Answer 105

Othello

Question 106

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–100–Baptized Joannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, he commonly called himself Wolfgang Amade

Answer 106

Mozart

Question 107

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–200–He dedicated his “Moonlight Sonata” to the countess Giulietta Guicciardi

Answer 107

Beethoven

Question 108

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–300–His “1812 Overture” premiered in Moscow in 1882–not 1812

Answer 108

Tchaikovsky

Question 109

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–This “Aida” composer was a deputy in the first Italian parliament in Turin in 1860

Answer 109

Giuseppe Verdi

Question 110

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–500–He composed several works based on poems by Paul Verlaine, including “Ariettes Oubliees” & “Clair De Lune”

Answer 110

Claude Debussy

Question 111

COMPOSERS–400–Each of his “Four Seasons” is accompanied by a poem that he wrote

Answer 111

Vivaldi

Question 112

COMPOSERS–800–At 25 he wrote his symphony in B minor consisting of 2 completed movements, an unfinished third & no fourth

Answer 112

Schubert

Question 113

COMPOSERS–1200–His most famous work, “Finlandia”, was first performed in 1899

Answer 113

Sibelius

Question 114

COMPOSERS–2000–In 1988, more than 40 years after his death, his remains were moved from New York to Budapest for a state funeral

Answer 114

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Béla) Bartók

Question 115

COMPOSERS–2000–Featured in “Somewhere in Time”, his beautiful “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” is heard here

Answer 115

Rachmaninoff

Question 116

COMPOSERS–200–This American wrote “Rhapsody in Blue” in 1924 & “Second Rhapsody” in 1931

Answer 116

George Gershwin

Question 117

COMPOSERS–400–His father Leopold called him “The miracle which God let be born in Salzburg”

Answer 117

W.A. Mozart

Question 118

COMPOSERS–600–This Norwegian “Peer Gynt Suite” composer married his first cousin, singer Nina Hagerup, in 1867

Answer 118

Edward Grieg

Question 119

COMPOSERS–800–This German Baroque composer wrote his “Hunt Cantata” for the birthday of the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

Answer 119

J.S. Bach

Question 120

COMPOSERS–1000–He composed his “Moravian Duets” before he moved to the U.S. & wrote his “New World Symphony”

Answer 120

Antonin Dvorak

Question 121

GERMAN COMPOSERS–400–In 1874, after more than 20 years, he finally completed his entire “Ring” cycle with “The Twilight of the Gods”

Answer 121

Wagner

Question 122

GERMAN COMPOSERS–800–Robert Schumann’s high hopes for “Genoveva”, his only one of these works, were dashed by a Leipzig audience

Answer 122

an opera

Question 123

GERMAN COMPOSERS–1200–When his brother Kaspar died in 1815, he became co-guardian of Kaspar’s 9-year-old son Karl

Answer 123

Beethoven

Question 124

GERMAN COMPOSERS–1600–We’re fortunate to have the “Fingal’s Cave” overture by this composer whose first name means “fortunate”

Answer 124

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 125

GERMAN COMPOSERS–2200–In 1940 he wrote “Japanische Festmusik” as a gesture of friendship between Germany & Japan

Answer 125

Richard Strauss

Question 126

MORE OPERATIC DEMISES–200–In a biblical opera, this shorn strongman really brings down the house; his audience was just crushed

Answer 126

Samson

Question 127

MORE OPERATIC DEMISES–400–A crap game on Catfish Row turns deadly when Crown kills Robbins with a cotton-hook in this opera

Answer 127

Porgy

Question 128

MORE OPERATIC DEMISES–1300–In a Melville-inspired opera, this young sailor is hanged from the yardarm of the H.M.S. Indomitable

Answer 128

Billy Budd

Question 129

MORE OPERATIC DEMISES–800–In “Elegy for Young Lovers”, 2 lovers expire while searching for edelweiss in this country’s Eastern Alps

Answer 129

Austria

Question 130

MORE OPERATIC DEMISES–1000–In a Richard Strauss opera, this daughter of Agamemnon is so “complex” that she dances herself to death

Answer 130

Elektra

Question 131

COMPOSERS–200–His younger brother Josef composed waltzes too

Answer 131

Johann Strauss

Question 132

COMPOSERS–100–INSERT INTO clue VALUES (AUDIO Daily Double):Composer of the opera that included the following; it premiered in Vienna, May 1, 1786:

Answer 132

W.A. Mozart

Question 133

COMPOSERS–600–Born in Bergen in 1843, he’s been called “The most distinguished Norwegian composer of the 19th century”

Answer 133

Edward Grieg

Question 134

COMPOSERS–800–This “Babes in Toyland” composer helped found the organization known as ASCAP

Answer 134

Victor Herbert

Question 135

COMPOSERS–1000–His “Pomp And Circumstance” is actually a set of 5 marches

Answer 135

Edward Elgar

Question 136

ITALIAN COMPOSERS–400–Venetian concerto master Antonio

Answer 136

Vivaldi

Question 137

ITALIAN COMPOSERS–800–Giacomo, who found Giuseppe Verdi influential

Answer 137

Puccini

Question 138

ITALIAN COMPOSERS–1200–Gioacchino, of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” fame

Answer 138

Rossini

Question 139

ITALIAN COMPOSERS–2000–Ottorino; he pined for Rome

Answer 139

Respighi

Question 140

ITALIAN COMPOSERS–2000–Vincenzo, who made a “Norma” conquest

Answer 140

Bellini

Question 141

CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–400–The first name of this cellist born in 1955 means “friendship”

Answer 141

Yo-Yo Ma

Question 142

CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–800–At age 13 this violinist from Israel was presented to the U.S. by Ed Sullivan

Answer 142

Itzhak Perlman

Question 143

CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–1200–When this classical guitarist made his formal Paris debut in 1924, the program included a work named for him

Answer 143

Segovia

Question 144

CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–1600–He married Mia Farrow in 1970

Answer 144

André Previn

Question 145

CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–2000–This violinist, seenhere, was born in Osaka in 1971

Answer 145

Midori

Question 146

OPERA–0–One-word title of the Verdi opera set in Windsor, England in the 15th century

Answer 146

“Falstaff”

Question 147

OPERA–100–Giulio Rospigliosi, who held this office as Clement IX, wrote the libretto for the first comic opera

Answer 147

The Pope/Papacy

Question 148

OPERA–200–Both Stravinsky’s “The Nightingale” & Puccini’s “Turandot” are set in this country

Answer 148

China

Question 149

OPERA–300–This nation opened its first opera house on the banks of the Amstel River in 1986

Answer 149

The Netherlands/Holland

Question 150

OPERA–400–This Verdi jester is considered one of the most challenging baritone roles ever written

Answer 150

Rigoletto

Question 151

OPERA–500–“Boris Godunov” is the only opera completed by this composer

Answer 151

Modest Mussorgsky

Question 152

ROSSINI OPERAS–400–Rudolph is the commander of Gessler’s archers in this opera

Answer 152

William Tell

Question 153

ROSSINI OPERAS–800–He’s the local barber & general busybody in an 1816 Rossini opera

Answer 153

Figaro

Question 154

ROSSINI OPERAS–1200–The prince sings, “Si, ritrovarla, io guiro” (“Yes, I will find her, I swear it”) in this fairy tale opera

Answer 154

La Cenerentola

Question 155

ROSSINI OPERAS–1600–This 1819 Rossini opera is based on a poem by Sir Walter Scott

Answer 155

The Lady of the Lake

Question 156

ROSSINI OPERAS–2000–The title character of this 1816 opera is in service with the Venetian army

Answer 156

Otello

Question 157

CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–While living in Paris in 1829, he wrote his last opera, “William Tell”

Answer 157

Gioachino Rossini

Question 158

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–Beethoven originally dedicated his 1804 “Eroica” symphony to this world leader

Answer 158

Napoleon

Question 159

CLASSICAL MUSIC–600–He was born in 1756; the son of the assistant concertmaster to the Prince of Salzburg

Answer 159

W.A. Mozart

Question 160

CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–This French composer’s 1894 work, “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn”, illustrated a Mallarme poem

Answer 160

Claude Debussy

Question 161

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–This Russian’s popular Polovitzian dances are from his 1890 opera “Prince Igor”

Answer 161

Alexander Borodin

Question 162

OH, NO! IT’S OPERA!–400–George Gershwin personally asked Howard University voice professor Todd Duncan to originate this title role

Answer 162

Porgy

Question 163

OPERA–0–This 20th century opera was inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s painting “The Adoration of the Magi”

Answer 163

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Question 164

OH, NO! IT’S OPERA!–800–The works of this novelist & poet inspired “Lucia di Lammermoor”, “La Donna del Lago” & “La Jolie Fille de Perth”

Answer 164

Sir Walter Scott

Question 165

OH, NO! IT’S OPERA!–1200–This composer of “Cavalleria Rusticana” wrote “Il Piccolo Marat”, a sadly neglected opera about the Reign of Terror

Answer 165

Mascagni

Question 166

OH, NO! IT’S OPERA!–1600–If you dread operas about druids, this 1831 Bellini opus is sure to “Gaul” you

Answer 166

Norma

Question 167

OH, NO! IT’S OPERA!–2000–This Greek tragic heroine is the subject of 2 Gluck operas, one set in Aulis & one in Tauris

Answer 167

Iphigénie

Question 168

OPERA CHARACTERS–200–When this Gypsy girl spurns Don Jose’s affection, he kills her with a dagger

Answer 168

Carmen

Question 169

OPERA CHARACTERS–400–He was “The Barber of Seville” prior to becoming Count Almaviva’s valet

Answer 169

Figaro

Question 170

OPERA CHARACTERS–3000–Cio-Cio-San, the geisha in love with Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton, is better known by this nickname

Answer 170

‘Madame Butterfly’

Question 171

OPERA CHARACTERS–800–He’s the hunchback jester to the Duke of Mantua in a Verdi opera

Answer 171

Rigoletto

Question 172

OPERA CHARACTERS–1000–Satan, using this name, appears to Faust & agrees to give him youth in return for his soul

Answer 172

Mephistopheles

Question 173

OPERA–100–This queen is a leading character in the epic 20th century opera “Christophe Colomb”

Answer 173

Queen Isabella

Question 174

OPERA–200–“The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountain” is an opera based on this John Bunyan work

Answer 174

The Pilgrim’s Progress

Question 175

OPERA–300–Both of these opera companies are based at Lincoln Center

Answer 175

Metropolitan

Question 176

OPERA–400–In English, the name of this Verdi opera means “The Troubadour”

Answer 176

Il trovatore

Question 177

OPERA–500–Birgit Nilsson is best known for her heroic roles in this composer’s operas

Answer 177

Richard Wagner

Question 178

OPERA–200–Verdi fans always want “moor” of this Shakespearean hero

Answer 178

Othello

Question 179

OPERA–400–He wrote Brunhilde’s immolation, opera’s longest aria of nearly 15 minutes

Answer 179

Wagner

Question 180

CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–Richard Horowitz, a timpanist with the Met, makes these sticks that a conductor uses

Answer 180

Batons

Question 181

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–Indian-born music director of the Israel Philharmonic, he also conducts the New York Philharmonic

Answer 181

Zubin Mehta

Question 182

CLASSICAL MUSIC–600–A Ft. Worth piano contest is named for this winner of the 1958 Int’l Tchaikovsky Competition

Answer 182

Van Cliburn

Question 183

CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–For the 1991-2 bicentennial of this composer’s death, 800 of his works will be performed at Lincoln Center

Answer 183

W.A. Mozart

Question 184

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–If Beethoven rolled over in his grave, he’d find this composer of the Incidental Music to Rosamunde

Answer 184

Franz Schubert

Question 185

OPERA LIBRETTISTS–200–This “Ragtime” composer wrote the libretto for his own opera, “Trimonisha”, and choreographed it too

Answer 185

Scott Joplin

Question 186

OPERA LIBRETTISTS–400–This French novelist, a pere without peer, penned the libretto for Monpou’s “Le Piquillo”

Answer 186

Alexandre Dumas

Question 187

OPERA LIBRETTISTS–600–The childrens’ opera “The Fisherman and His Wife” has a libretto by this author: “Rabbit, Run” to see it

Answer 187

John Updike

Question 188

OPERA LIBRETTISTS–800–“J’Accuse” this “Nana” novelist of writing the libretto for Bruneau’s opera “Messidor”

Answer 188

Emile Zola

Question 189

OPERA LIBRETTISTS–1000–“Ariane & Bluebeard” features a libretto by this Belgian who gave us “The Blue Bird”

Answer 189

Maurice Maeterlinck

Question 190

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–Schubert wrote one of these in C for the unusual grouping of 2 violins, 1 viola & 2 cellos

Answer 190

a quintet

Question 191

CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–Piano sonatas were a specialty of Johann Christian, youngest surviving son of this man

Answer 191

Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 192

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1200–He was working on his 3rd symphony when he died in England in 1934; it premiered in 1998 amid much “pomp”

Answer 192

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Sir Edward) Elgar

Question 193

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1600–The composition Carl Orff titled this has been heard on many movie soundtracks

Answer 193

‘Carmina Burana’

Question 194

CLASSICAL MUSIC–600–A swan and tortoises are among the creatures depicted in this Saint-Saens suite

Answer 194

Carnival of the Animals

Question 195

THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY–200–Of a village, a convent or a factory, it’s where “Cavalleria Rusticana” is set

Answer 195

a village

Question 196

THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY–400–Virgil Thomson’s 1933 opera “Four Saints In Three” of these actually has 4 of them

Answer 196

Acts

Question 197

THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY–600–Sung by Rodolfo to Mimi, “Che Gelida Manina”, “Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen”, is a beloved aria in this opera

Answer 197

La bohème

Question 198

THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY–200–In 1935 black soprano Anne Brown originated this Gershwin role

Answer 198

Bess

Question 199

THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY–1000–Debussy wrote an opera about Pelleas & this woman, his brother’s wife

Answer 199

Mélisande

Question 200

OPERA–200–This Austrian composer’s 1790 opera “Cosi Fan Tutte” is set in 18th c. Naples

Answer 200

W.A. Mozart

Question 201

OPERA–400–Donizetti’s opera about this female Borgia is based on a play by Victor Hugo

Answer 201

Lucrezia Borgia

Question 202

OPERA–600–The first scene of this composer’s “Das Rheingold” takes place at the bottom of the Rhine

Answer 202

Richard Wagner

Question 203

OPERA–800–Bellini’s 1831 opera “Norma” had its world premiere at this Milan opera house

Answer 203

La Scala

Question 204

OPERA–1000–Maria Callas was noted for her passionate performance in this composer’s “Tosca”

Answer 204

Giacomo Puccini

Question 205

COMPOSERS–200–Of J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, or Irving Goldberg, the composer of “The Goldberg Variations”

Answer 205

J.S. Bach

Question 206

COMPOSERS–400–His biblical oratorios include “Saul”, “Jephtha”, “Esther” & “Belshazzar”

Answer 206

G.F. Handel

Question 207

COMPOSERS–600–In 1840 this German romantic married Clara Wieck, an outstanding pianist & a composer, too

Answer 207

Robert Schumann

Question 208

COMPOSERS–800–Cesar Franck said this composer of “Symphonie Fantastique” wrote nothing but masterpieces

Answer 208

Hector Berlioz

Question 209

COMPOSERS–1000–His family added Bartholdy to its name when they inherited property from a relative

Answer 209

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 210

COMPOSERS–200–At age 8 this Polish-French composer played a piano concerto by Ghirivetz in public

Answer 210

Frederic Chopin

Question 211

COMPOSERS–400–About 200 church cantatas by this composer of “The Goldberg Variations” survive

Answer 211

J.S. Bach

Question 212

COMPOSERS–1000–This composer’s father, Abraham, converted to Protestantism & appended Bartholdi to the family name

Answer 212

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 213

COMPOSERS–800–This “Clair De Lune” composer orchestrated 2 numbers from Erik Satie’s “Gymnopedie”

Answer 213

Claude Debussy

Question 214

COMPOSERS–1000–Rimsky-Korsakov’s reorchestration of his “A Night on Bald Mountain” debuted after his death

Answer 214

Modest Moussorgsky

Question 215

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–As published, his “Eroica” symphony was dedicated to his patron Prince Lobkowitz

Answer 215

Beethoven

Question 216

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–800–He wrote “William Tell” at age 37, but no other operas during the remaining 39 years of his life

Answer 216

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Gioacchino) Rossini

Question 217

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1200–In his 20s this “New World” symphony composer played viola in the Czech nat’l theater under Smetana

Answer 217

Dvorak

Question 218

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–2800–His family was Jewish but his father became a protestant & added Bartholdy to the last name

Answer 218

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 219

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–2000–Around 1813 he set Goethe’s “Gretchen am Spinnrade” to music

Answer 219

Franz Schubert

Question 220

20th CENTURY OPERAS–200–Concepcion’s lovers hid inside clocks in this “Bolero” composer’s opera “L’heure espangnole”

Answer 220

Ravel

Question 221

20th CENTURY OPERAS–400–“The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore” is a satirical opera by this man who created Amahl

Answer 221

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Gian Carlo) Menotti

Question 222

20th CENTURY OPERAS–600–He wrote the music for “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny”; Brecht wrote the libretto

Answer 222

Kurt Weill

Question 223

20th CENTURY OPERAS–800–This Swede’s 1907 play “The Ghost Sonata” inspired a 1984 chamber opera by Aribert Reimann

Answer 223

Strindberg

Question 224

20th CENTURY OPERAS–1000–“The Burning Fiery Furnace” is a Biblical opera by this composer of “Billy Budd”

Answer 224

Benjamin Britten

Question 225

OPERA CROSSWORD CLUES “C”–200–“The Great” EnricoINSERT INTO clue VALUES (6)

Answer 225

Caruso

Question 226

OPERA CROSSWORD CLUES “C”–400–The Royal Danish Opera’s home cityINSERT INTO clue VALUES (10)

Answer 226

Copenhagen

Question 227

OPERA CROSSWORD CLUES “C”–600–Sultry Sevillian cigarette-makerINSERT INTO clue VALUES (6)

Answer 227

Carmen

Question 228

OPERA CROSSWORD CLUES “C”–800–The Maria who played Medea in 1953INSERT INTO clue VALUES (6)

Answer 228

Callas

Question 229

OPERA CROSSWORD CLUES “C”–1000–Vocal range of Dame Clara ButtINSERT INTO clue VALUES (9)

Answer 229

contralto

Question 230

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–200–After hearing the variations on “Don Giovanni”, Robert Schumann called this Polish composer “a genius”

Answer 230

Chopin

Question 231

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–In 1874 he moved into his Bayreuth home, Wahnfried, which means “peace from illusion”

Answer 231

Wagner

Question 232

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–600–He wrote his Wedding March, from music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, 5 years after his own wedding

Answer 232

Mendelssohn

Question 233

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–2000–This Frenchman dedicated his 1908 “Children’s Corner” suite to his daughter Claude-Emma

Answer 233

Debussy

Question 234

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1000–The Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, inspired many of his works, including “The Swan of Tuonela”

Answer 234

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Jean) Sibelius

Question 235

OPERA–100–He composed a 1-act jazz opera called “Blue Monday” 13 years before “Porgy & Bess”

Answer 235

George Gershwin

Question 236

OPERA–400–Rimsky-Korsakov wrote an opera about Mozart’s rivalry with this man, who allegedly poisoned him

Answer 236

Antonio Salieri

Question 237

OPERA–500–He wrote his 1st opera, “The Death of Pierrot”, at age 11; the one about Amahl came much later

Answer 237

Gian Carlo Menotti

Question 238

FUN WITH OPERA–100–In “Johnny Strikes Up”, a violin performance at the North Pole inspires the whole world to do this 1920s dance

Answer 238

the Charleston

Question 239

FUN WITH OPERA–200–It was truly a red-letter day when an opera based on this Hawthorne novel premiered in Boston in 1896

Answer 239

The Scarlet Letter

Question 240

FUN WITH OPERA–300–“The Jesters’ Supper” was first performed in this city where you’ll find Da Vinci’s “Last Supper”

Answer 240

Milan

Question 241

FUN WITH OPERA–400–In an 1893 opera, the Sandman puts this young title duo to sleep & the Dew Fairy wakes them up

Answer 241

Hansel

Question 242

FUN WITH OPERA–500–In Nicolai’s opera “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, this fat, funny rogue gets dumped into the river in a laundry basket

Answer 242

Falstaff

Question 243

CLASSICAL MUSIC–0–It’s the roughly 70-minute work that includes the sung words “Alle menschen werden bruder”

Answer 243

Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

Question 244

NOVEL OPERAS–200–It inspired 2 operas named “Esmeralda” & one called “Quasimodo”

Answer 244

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Question 245

NOVEL OPERAS–400–Prokofiev spent over 10 years turning this Tolstoy epic into an opera

Answer 245

‘War And Peace’

Question 246

NOVEL OPERAS–600–Scotsman whose novel, “The Bride of Lammermoor” inspired “Lucia di Lammermoor”

Answer 246

Sir Walter Scott

Question 247

NOVEL OPERAS–800–He died before “The Trial” was published, so he never got to see the opera version either

Answer 247

Franz Kafka

Question 248

NOVEL OPERAS–1000–The Benjamin Britten opera based on this Herman Melville work climaxes with a hanging

Answer 248

Billy Budd

Question 249

CLASSICAL MUSIC–100–A traditional string quartet is made up of 2 violins, 1 viola & 1 of these instruments

Answer 249

a cello

Question 250

CLASSICAL MUSIC–500–Composer of the 18th c. work that includes the following:

Answer 250

George Frideric Handel (‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from

Question 251

CLASSICAL MUSIC–300–Sullivan, of Gilbert & Sullivan, wrote an opera based on this Walter Scott character

Answer 251

Ivanhoe

Question 252

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–This Sibelius work was banned by Russia because it inspired patriotism among Finns

Answer 252

‘Finlandia’ (The National Anthem)

Question 253

CLASSICAL MUSIC–500–The English translation of this Debussy work’s title is “Moonlight”

Answer 253

‘Clair de Lune’

Question 254

COMPOSERS–200–Shortly before his death, this “Nutcracker” composer received an hon. doctorate from Cambridge Univ.

Answer 254

Tchaikovsky

Question 255

COMPOSERS–400–In addition to marches, he composed an orchestral piece inspired by the novel “Ben-Hur”

Answer 255

Sousa

Question 256

COMPOSERS–600–His “Bolero” had its American debut at a 1929 concert of the N.Y. Philharmonic-Symphony

Answer 256

Ravel

Question 257

COMPOSERS–800–A 1791 Handel music festival inspired him to compose the oratorio “The Creation”

Answer 257

Haydn

Question 258

COMPOSERS–1000–Early in his career, Igor Stravinsky was tutored by this “Flight of the Bumblebee” composer

Answer 258

Rimsky-Korsakov

Question 259

OPERA–200–Spontini’s opera about this adventurer’s conquest of Mexico premiered in 1809

Answer 259

Hernando Cortez

Question 260

OPERA–400–Operas based on this Norwegian’s plays include “The Feast at Solhaug” & “Peer Gynt”

Answer 260

Henrik Ibsen

Question 261

OPERA–600–This composer of “The Mikado” wrote only 1 grand opera, “Ivanhoe”

Answer 261

Sir Arthur Sullivan

Question 262

COMPOSERS–200–His sister Fanny Mendelssohn wrote some of the songs attributed to him

Answer 262

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 263

COMPOSERS–400–Of the 3 Bs, the 2 who died in Vienna

Answer 263

Beethoven

Question 264

COMPOSERS–1200–It was rumored that he committed suicide over the failure of his last symphony, the “Pathetique”

Answer 264

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (‘6th Symphony’)

Question 265

COMPOSERS–800–G. Strepponi sang in “Nabucco”, the opera that made this composer famous, & later married him

Answer 265

Giuseppe Verdi

Question 266

COMPOSERS–1000–Mussorgsky once lived with this “Scheherazade” composer who re-edited “Boris Godunov” after his death

Answer 266

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Question 267

CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–Noted with a dot on the score, it’s the opposite of legato

Answer 267

Staccato

Question 268

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–English title of Paul Dukas’ symphonic piece “L’ Apprenti Sorcier”

Answer 268

‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’

Question 269

CLASSICAL MUSIC–600–INSERT INTO clue VALUES (AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Most people know its first 4 notes; these are its last notes:

Answer 269

Beethoven’s ‘Fifth Symphony’

Question 270

CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–Stalin’s death the next day pushed this “Peter & The Wolf” composer’s obit off the front page

Answer 270

Sergei Prokofiev

Question 271

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–Friml gave us the “Donkey Serenade”, but he gave us the whole “Carnival Of Animals”

Answer 271

Camille Saint-Saens

Question 272

COMPOSERS–200–Berlioz neglected his medical studies in this capital, preferring to spend his nights at the opera

Answer 272

Paris

Question 273

COMPOSERS–400–A master composer of ballets, he was the leading Russian composer of the late 19th century

Answer 273

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Question 274

COMPOSERS–600–Friedrich Nietzsche was a close friend of this “Lohengrin” composer but later turned against him

Answer 274

Richard Wagner

Question 275

COMPOSERS–800–First name shared by Vivaldi & Salieri

Answer 275

Antonio

Question 276

COMPOSERS–3400–Despite his protests, Claude Debussy’s distinctive style was labeled this

Answer 276

Impressionistic

Question 277

OPERA–200–The title of Donizetti’s opera “La Fille Du Regiment” translates to this

Answer 277

‘The Daughter of the Regiment’

Question 278

OPERA–400–“Lakme” is set in this country, where Lakme is the daughter of a Brahman priest

Answer 278

India

Question 279

OPERA–600–Of a baritone, a bass or a tenor, what Caruso was

Answer 279

Tenor

Question 280

OPERA–800–Pietro Mascagni said, “It is a pity I wrote” this opera “first. I was crowned before I became king.”

Answer 280

‘Cavaliera Rusticana’

Question 281

OPERA–1000–In Verdi’s opera “Don Carlos”, Don Carlos is the son of this 16th century Spanish king

Answer 281

King Philip II

Question 282

CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–His Symphony in B Minor wasn’t his only unfinished composition – just the most famous

Answer 282

Franz Schubert

Question 283

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–In 1928 Ida Rubinstein commissioned him to write a ballet, so he created “Bolero”

Answer 283

Maurice Ravel

Question 284

CLASSICAL MUSIC–600–Early in his career he was the musical director of La Scala; he later led the NBC Symphony

Answer 284

Arturo Toscanini

Question 285

CLASSICAL MUSIC–4600–Modern composer who was called the world’s outstanding specialist on Hungarian folk music

Answer 285

Bela Bartok

Question 286

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–The Vale Giulia, The Tritone, The Trevi & one at the Villa Medici were his “Fountains of Rome”

Answer 286

Otto Resphighi

Question 287

OPERA CHARACTERS–200–His son, Nanki-Poo, poses as a minstrel & later weds Yum-Yum

Answer 287

The Mikado

Question 288

OPERA CHARACTERS–400–In “The Ring of the Nibelung”, Siegfried braved a ring of fire to save this goddess

Answer 288

Brunhilde

Question 289

OPERA CHARACTERS–600–He was the crippled 12-year-old title character in the first opera written for television

Answer 289

Amahl

Question 290

OPERA CHARACTERS–800–They were the son & daughter of Peter, a poor broom maker & his wife, Gertrude

Answer 290

Hansel

Question 291

OPERA CHARACTERS–1000–At the end of “I Pagliacci”, this clown stabs his wife, Nedda, & her lover, Silvio

Answer 291

Canio

Question 292

COMPOSERS–200–In 1863 he became music director of the court balls in Vienna

Answer 292

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Johann) Strauss

Question 293

COMPOSERS–400–By his death at age 31 in 1828, he’d composed more than 600 lieder including “Ave Maria”

Answer 293

Schubert

Question 294

COMPOSERS–600–This composer of the ballet “Rodeo” scored an Oscar for his score from “The Heiress”

Answer 294

Copland

Question 295

COMPOSERS–800–In 1927 the Baldwin Piano Co. sponsored this Hungarian composer’s first visit to the U.S.

Answer 295

Béla Bartók

Question 296

COMPOSERS–1000–He’s the French composer of the following

Answer 296

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Erik) Satie

Question 297

OPERA–200–After his death in 1958, Finnish composer Aarre Merikanto’s opera “Juha” premiered on radio in this capital

Answer 297

Helsinki

Question 298

OPERA–400–This 1791 Mozart opera is the greatest example of Zauberoper, or “Magic Opera”

Answer 298

‘The Magic Flute’

Question 299

OPERA–600–Darius Milhaud wrote a 1932 opera about this Hapsburg emperor of Mexico

Answer 299

Maximilian

Question 300

OPERA CHARACTERS–200–In this Verdi opera, the king of Ethiopia is a baritone role while the king of Egypt is a bass

Answer 300

‘Aida’

Question 301

OPERA CHARACTERS–400–Her uncle The Bonze curses her for renouncing her religion to marry Lt. B.F. Pinkerton

Answer 301

Madame Butterfly

Question 302

OPERA CHARACTERS–1800–Angels guard this duo while they sleep in the forest in an 1893 opera

Answer 302

Hansel

Question 303

OPERA CHARACTERS–800–In a Borodin opera, this title prince has a wife named Yaroslavna

Answer 303

Prince Igor

Question 304

OPERA CHARACTERS–1000–In Flotow’s opera “Martha”, Lady Harriet is a lady-in-waiting to this last Stuart queen of England

Answer 304

Queen Anne

Question 305

COMPOSERS–400–“La Clemenza di Tito”, this Austrian’s last opera, premiered just 3 months before his untimely death

Answer 305

Mozart

Question 306

COMPOSERS–800–INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Majestic Theatre in New York: “I’m on the Broadway set of The Phantom of the Opera.”) This man, who wanted to make “The Phantom of the Opera” his great romantic musical, also cowrote

Answer 306

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Question 307

COMPOSERS–3000–Rikard Nordraak, who composed this country’s national anthem, was a friend of Edvard Grieg

Answer 307

Norway

Question 308

COMPOSERS–1600–His “Goldberg Variations” were named in honor of harpsichordist Johann Goldberg

Answer 308

J.S. Bach

Question 309

COMPOSERS–2000–He was born in the Old World but found fame with his 1893 symphony “From the New World”

Answer 309

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Antonin) Dvorak

Question 310

OPERA–400–Act I of this “airborne” Wagner work includes a tenor aria about a sailor returning to his sweetheart

Answer 310

The Flying Dutchman

Question 311

OPERA–800–In 1782 Mozart married Constanze & made Constanze the harem-bound heroine of “The Abduction from” here

Answer 311

the Seraglio

Question 312

OPERA–2000–In a Richard Strauss opera, the princess sends one of these to her cavalier–hence the title

Answer 312

a rose

Question 313

20TH CENTURY OPERA–200–As a student, film composer Nino Rota based an opera on this Dane’s fairy tale “The Prince And The Swineherd”

Answer 313

Hans Christian Andersen

Question 314

20TH CENTURY OPERA–400–American composer Robert Ward based a 1961 opera on this author’s famous play “The Crucible”

Answer 314

Arthur Miller

Question 315

20TH CENTURY OPERA–600–When Torroba’s opera “El Poeta” premiered in 1980, this Spanish tenor played the title role

Answer 315

Placido Domingo

Question 316

COMPOSERS–200–“Lady, Be Good!” was the first show he wrote in full collaboration with his brother Ira

Answer 316

George Gershwin

Question 317

COMPOSERS–400–Published after his death, “The Art of the Fugue” was this Baroque composer’s last work

Answer 317

Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 318

COMPOSERS–600–As a teen, Prokofiev studied under this composer famous for his “Flight of the Bumblebee”

Answer 318

Rimsky-Korsakov

Question 319

OPERA–200–As a teen Gian Carlo Menotti turned this undersea H.C. Andersen fairy tale into an opera

Answer 319

‘The Little Mermaid’

Question 320

COMPOSERS–1000–Joseph Haydn told this man’s father, “Your son is the greatest composer I know”

Answer 320

W.A. Mozart

Question 321

OPERA–400–In this Puccini work, Sharpless, the American consul in Nagasaki, is sung by a baritone

Answer 321

‘Madame Butterfly’

Question 322

COMPOSERS–1000–“Fireworks” was an earlier work by this “Firebird” composer

Answer 322

Igor Stravinsky

Question 323

OPERA–600–This Richard Strauss opera is a “Wilde” tale set around 30 A.D. in Galilee

Answer 323

‘Salome’

Question 324

OPERA–800–This “Billy The Kid” composer wrote 2 operas: “The Second Hurricane” & “The Tender Land”

Answer 324

Aaron Copland

Question 325

OPERA–1000–“The Tales of Hoffmann” was his last & greatest work

Answer 325

Jacques Offenbach

Question 326

OPERA–200–“Djamileh” is a comic opera by this composer of “Carmen”

Answer 326

Georges Bizet

Question 327

OPERA–400–Douglas Moore’s 1951 opera “Giants In” this is an adaptation of the novel by Ole E. Rolvaag

Answer 327

The Earth

Question 328

OPERA–600–This oratorio composer’s 1735 opera “Ariodante” is based on “Orlando Furioso”

Answer 328

George Frideric Handel

Question 329

OPERA–800–“Der Rosenkavalier” takes place in Vienna during the reign of this archduchess

Answer 329

Maria Theresa

Question 330

OPERA–1000–This “Turandot” composer’s opera “Sister Angelica” is set in a convent & has an all-female cast

Answer 330

Giacomo Puccini

Question 331

OPERA–400–Puccini included a passage from “The Star-Spangled Banner” in one of Pinkerton’s numbers in this opera

Answer 331

Madame Butterfly

Question 332

OPERA–3000–A highlight of this tragic opera set in Palestine is the “Dance of the Seven Veils”

Answer 332

Salome

Question 333

OPERA–1200–He’s Verdi’s title hunchbacked court jester

Answer 333

Rigoletto

Question 334

OPERA–1600–In Act I of “La boheme”, this poet keeps a fire burning in the chilly attic by sacrificing his manuscript

Answer 334

Rodolfo

Question 335

OPERA–2000–In a Richard Strauss opera title, the name of this daughter of Minos precedes “auf Naxos”

Answer 335

Ariadne

Question 336

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–Born in Cologne, this “Tales of Hoffman” composer became a French citizen in 1860

Answer 336

Offenbach

Question 337

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–800–This composer’s daughter Cosima married Hans von Bulow in 1857 & Richard Wagner in 1870

Answer 337

Franz Liszt

Question 338

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1200–INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Jon of the Clue Crew walks up the nave of the Marienkirche in Lubeck, Germany.) In 1705 this 20-year-old composer walked 200 miles to hear Dietrich Buxtehude play organ at Lubeck’s Marienkirche

Answer 338

JINSERT INTO clue VALUES (ohann) SINSERT INTO clue VALUES (ebastian) Bach

Question 339

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–6000–In 1726 this German composer became a naturalized British subject

Answer 339

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (George Frideric) Handel

Question 340

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–2000–In 1931 this “Pomp”ous English composer was made a baronet

Answer 340

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Sir Edward) Elgar

Question 341

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–200–This “Messiah” composer’s “Rinaldo” was the first Italian opera written for the London stage

Answer 341

George Frideric Handel

Question 342

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–After the death of his father in 1695, he went to live & study with his brother, Johann Christoph

Answer 342

Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 343

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–600–After his breakup with novelist George Sand in 1847, he composed no more works

Answer 343

Frederic Chopin

Question 344

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–800–“Claire de Lune”, the 3rd movement of this French composer’s’ “Suite Bergamasque”, is often played separately

Answer 344

Claude Debussy

Question 345

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1000–“My Musical Life” was the 1909 memoir of this “Scheherazade” composer

Answer 345

Rimsky-Korsakov

Question 346

OPERA–200–In a Verdi opera, Odabella saves this famous Hun from being poisoned so she can kill him herself

Answer 346

Attila

Question 347

OPERA–400–This Austrian was just 14 when he composed his 1770 opera “Mitridate, Re Di Ponto”

Answer 347

W.A. Mozart

Question 348

OPERA–600–A buzzard flies overhead & inspires the cast of this Gershwin opera to sing “The Buzzard Song”

Answer 348

‘Porgy And Bess’

Question 349

OPERA–800–“The Witches”, the 1st opera by this composer of “Madama Butterfly”, may be based on the ballet “Giselle”

Answer 349

Giacomo Puccini

Question 350

OPERA–1000–This composer of the “New World Symphony” wrote the operas “The Cunning Peasant” & “The Pigheaded Peasants”

Answer 350

Antonin Dvorak

Question 351

COMPOSERS–0–He moved to Vienna in 1766; in 1778 he presented his native Italy with the first opera staged at La Scala

Answer 351

Antonio Salieri

Question 352

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–200–He wrote the “1812 Overture” to commemorate Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow

Answer 352

Peter I. Tchaikovsky

Question 353

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–In 1713 this oratorio composer wrote a “Birthday Ode for Queen Anne”

Answer 353

George Frideric Handel

Question 354

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–600–His symphony “From The New World” premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1893

Answer 354

Antonin Dvorak

Question 355

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–800–This Austrian’s “Quintet In A Major” is better known as “Die Forelle” or “Trout Quintet”

Answer 355

Franz Schubert

Question 356

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1000–Completed in the 1930s, this Hungarian’s work “Mikrokosmos” consists of 153 piano pieces for children

Answer 356

Bela Bartok

Question 357

LITERARY OPERAS–200–Australian composer Arthur Benjamin’s 1953 opera “A Tale of Two Cities” is based on a novel by this author

Answer 357

Charles Dickens

Question 358

LITERARY OPERAS–400–“The Tales Of” this German inspired many an opera, including Busoni’s “Die Brautval”

Answer 358

Hoffmann

Question 359

LITERARY OPERAS–600–This lord never finished his poem “Don Juan”, but Zdenic Fibig based an opera on it anyway

Answer 359

Lord Byron

Question 360

LITERARY OPERAS–800–This Sir Walter Scott poem inspired Rossini’s opera “La Dona Del Lago”

Answer 360

‘The Lady of the Lake’

Question 361

LITERARY OPERAS–1000–Swiss composer Heinrich Sutermeister wrote a 1967 opera based on this author’s “Madame Bovary”

Answer 361

Gustauve Flaubert

Question 362

OPERA–200–After his quarrel with W.S. Gilbert, he wrote the 1891 opera “Ivanhoe” without him

Answer 362

Arthur Sullivan

Question 363

OPERA–400–This composer’s reputation rests on his first & last full-length operas, “The Pearl Fishers” & “Carmen”

Answer 363

Georges Bizet

Question 364

OPERA–600–His “Il Trovatore” contains the “Anvil Chorus”, a favorite of male choirs the world over

Answer 364

Giuseppe Verdi

Question 365

OPERA–800–In 1876 he opened an opera house in the Franconian town of Bayreuth

Answer 365

Richard Wagner

Question 366

OPERA–1000–This New Zealand soprano appeared as Donna Elvira in Joseph Losey’s film of “Don Giovanni”

Answer 366

Kiri Te Kanawa

Question 367

CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–He wrote “William Tell” for the Paris Opera

Answer 367

Gioacchino Rossini

Question 368

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–The flute plays an important role in this composer’s “Prelude A L’ Apres-Midi D’ Un Faune”

Answer 368

Claude Debussy

Question 369

CLASSICAL MUSIC–600–The first symphonies of Prokofiev & Rachmaninoff premiered in this city 21 years apart

Answer 369

St. Petersburg/Leningrad

Question 370

CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–This German composer of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” overture was a child prodigy

Answer 370

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 371

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–Death plays a merry dance on the violin in this Frenchman’s “Danse Macabre”

Answer 371

Camille Saint-Saens

Question 372

COMPOSERS–0– Jonathan Larson

Answer 372

Giacomo Puccini

Question 373

OPERA–200–The role of Scrooge is sung by a baritone in this Thea Musgrave opera

Answer 373

‘A Christmas Carol’

Question 374

OPERA–400–This Richard Strauss comic opera is named for Octavian, a young cavalier

Answer 374

‘Der Rosenkavalier’

Question 375

OPERA–600–This Mussorgsky opera was first performed at the Met in 1913 with Adamo Didur as Boris

Answer 375

‘Boris Godunov’

Question 376

OPERA–800–Meyerbeer’s “Les Huguenots” deals with the events around this massacre

Answer 376

The St. Bartholemew’s Day Massacre

Question 377

OPERA–1400–He wrote both text & music for his 3-act opera “Tristan And Isolde”

Answer 377

Richard Wagner

Question 378

COMPOSERS–200–Carl Czerny was just 15 when he began teaching in this Austrian city; Beethoven’s nephew was among his pupils

Answer 378

Vienna

Question 379

COMPOSERS–400–Cecile Chaminade wrote more than 200 light salon pieces for this musical instrument

Answer 379

Piano

Question 380

COMPOSERS–600–Gunther Schuller is known for mixing classical style with this American music form: way “cool”

Answer 380

Jazz

Question 381

COMPOSERS–800–His famous overture “The Hebrides” is also known as “Fingal’s Cave”

Answer 381

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 382

COMPOSERS–1000–As a teenager this “Grand Canyon Suite” composer played viola in the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra

Answer 382

Ferdi Grofe

Question 383

19TH CENTURY OPERA–200–Karl Goldmark’s opera “The Queen Of Sheba” opens in the palace of this Biblical king

Answer 383

Solomon

Question 384

19TH CENTURY OPERA–400–Bellini’s opera “La Sonnambula” is so named because Amina, its heroine, has this nocturnal habit

Answer 384

Sleepwalking

Question 385

19TH CENTURY OPERA–600–This Finnish composer’s only opera, “The Maiden In The Tower”, is rarely performed

Answer 385

Jean Sibelius

Question 386

19TH CENTURY OPERA–800–A mezzo-soprano plays Violetta’s friend Flora Bervoix in this Verdi opera

Answer 386

‘La Traviata’

Question 387

19TH CENTURY OPERA–1000–“Les Troyens A Carthage” was the only part of his long opera “Les Troyens” performed during his lifetime

Answer 387

Hector Berlioz

Question 388

CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–Johann was his actual first name; Wolfgang was 1 of his middle names

Answer 388

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus) Mozart

Question 389

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–As a teenager, this Israeli violinist made his American debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1958

Answer 389

Itzhak Perlman

Question 390

CLASSICAL MUSIC–600–This Spanish cellist gave White House recitals for Teddy Roosevelt in 1904 & JFK in 1961

Answer 390

Casals

Question 391

CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–He produced over 30 operas in London from “Rinaldo” in 1711 to “Deidamia” in 1741

Answer 391

Handel

Question 392

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–After this Russian died, his “Prince Igor” opera was completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov

Answer 392

Aleksandr Borodin

Question 393

TV COMPOSERS–200–Vic Mizzy played the harpsichord on his theme to this creepy, kooky series

Answer 393

The Addams Family

Question 394

OPERA–200–In “Siegfried” Fafner the giant is turned into one of these mythical beasts before Siegfried slays him

Answer 394

a dragon

Question 395

OPERA–400–1st name shared by Rigoletto’s daughter, a “Saturday Night Live” star & a R. Hayworth character

Answer 395

Gilda

Question 396

TV COMPOSERS–1000–In one quick session Eliot Daniel wrote the theme heard here for the pilot of this show:

Answer 396

I Love Lucy

Question 397

TV COMPOSERS–600–His first sci-fi theme was for “Lost in Space”; later he composed for sci-fi films like “Star Wars”

Answer 397

John Williams

Question 398

OPERA–3000–Marie, the heroine of this Donizetti opera, was adopted as an infant by French soldiers

Answer 398

The Daughter of the Regiment

Question 399

OPERA–800–English composer whose 1947 opera “Albert Herring” is about a young man, not a young fish

Answer 399

Benjamin Britten

Question 400

TV COMPOSERS–800–Alexander Courage, composer of the original “Star Trek” theme, didn’t like this producer’s lyrics

Answer 400

Gene Roddenberry

Question 401

OPERA–1000–Drops of blood from the ceiling reveal where an outlaw is hiding in this Puccini opera

Answer 401

The Girl of the Golden West

Question 402

TV COMPOSERS–1000–While recording his music for the film “Batman”, he took time to write the “Tales From The Crypt” theme

Answer 402

Danny Elfman

Question 403

COMPOSERS–400–Joaquin Rodrigo’s best-known work is “Concierto de Aranjuez” for this instrument (Did Hendrix record that?)

Answer 403

guitar

Question 404

COMPOSERS–800–His “Moonlight” sonata was dedicated to Giuletta Guicciardi with whom he was romantically involved

Answer 404

Beethoven

Question 405

COMPOSERS–1200–Tchaikovsky once referred to this “Lullaby” composer as “giftless” & a “mediocrity”

Answer 405

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Johannes) Brahms

Question 406

COMPOSERS–1600–“William Tell” was the 38th opera that he completed, & he was only 37!

Answer 406

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Gioacchino) Rossini

Question 407

COMPOSERS–2000–He’s the German composer of the famous piece heard here, an invocation to the dawn, not a waltz

Answer 407

Richard Strauss

Question 408

COMPOSERS–0–One of this Russian’s best-known works is the fiendishly difficult Piano Concerto No. 3 of 1909

Answer 408

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Question 409

OPERA–200–19th century female star Giuditta Grisi created this role in “I Capuleti E I Montecchi”; surprise!

Answer 409

Romeo

Question 410

OPERA–400–In Act II of this Bizet opera, Escamillo sings the “Toreador’s Song”

Answer 410

‘Carmen’

Question 411

OPERA–3500–Composer who turned Victor Hugo’s play “Le Roi S’Amuse” into “Rigoletto”

Answer 411

Giuseppe Verdi

Question 412

OPERA–800–Euridice is a soprano role in Monteverdi’s “The Fable Of” this man who went to hell & back for her

Answer 412

Orpheus

Question 413

OPERA–1000–The 1983 premiere of Olivier Megiaen’s “St. Francis of Assisi” was led by this Japanese conductor

Answer 413

Seiji Ozawa

Question 414

OPERA–IT’S GOOD FOR YOU!–400–It’s no fairy tale: Elvis Costello wrote & starred in a 2005 opera about this Danish fairy tale author

Answer 414

Hans Christian Andersen

Question 415

OPERA–IT’S GOOD FOR YOU!–800–The poetry of this English lord inspired a number of operas, including “Lara” & “The Bride of Abydos”

Answer 415

Byron

Question 416

OPERA–IT’S GOOD FOR YOU!–1200–Though this kind of soprano means “half-soprano”, never tell one that she’s only half as good as a coloratura

Answer 416

a mezzo-soprano

Question 417

OPERA–IT’S GOOD FOR YOU!–1600–Red Whiskers & Squeak serve aboard ship with this title character, Herman Melville’s sailorboy

Answer 417

Billy Budd

Question 418

OPERA–IT’S GOOD FOR YOU!–2000–One of the most popular Christmas operas is Menotti’s classic about this boy “and the Night Visitors”

Answer 418

Amahl

Question 419

FUN WITH OPERA–200–Lukas Foss’ opera “The Jumping Frog of” this county is based on a story by Mark Twain

Answer 419

Calaveras County

Question 420

FUN WITH OPERA–400–Cavalli’s 17th century opera “Ercole Amante” tells the story of this mythological laborer in love

Answer 420

Hercules

Question 421

FUN WITH OPERA–600–We assume Samuel Barber composed his mini-opera about “A Hand of” this game according to Hoyle

Answer 421

Bridge

Question 422

FUN WITH OPERA–800–They’re the kind of puppets for which Paul Hindemith wrote his opera “Das Nusch-Nuschi”

Answer 422

Marionettes

Question 423

FUN WITH OPERA–1000–The heroine of this Czech composer’s 1901 opera “Rusalka” is a water nymph

Answer 423

Antonin Dvorak

Question 424

COMPOSERS–0–An anthem that he composed for George II’s 1727 coronation has been used for British crownings ever since

Answer 424

George Frideric Handel

Question 425

ALL ABOUT OPERA–200–In 1989 composer Gian Carlo Menotti directed his own opera about this boy “and the Night Visitors”

Answer 425

Amahl

Question 426

ALL ABOUT OPERA–400–This composer of the enchanting ballet “Swan Lake” wrote an opera called “The Enchantress”

Answer 426

Tschiakovsky

Question 427

ALL ABOUT OPERA–200–INSERT INTO clue VALUES (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):”Effervescent” nickname of the opera singer seen here[photo from a 1996 Celebrity Jeopardy! appearance]

Answer 427

‘Bubbles’ (Beverly Sills)

Question 428

ALL ABOUT OPERA–800–Be on the alert: “Alerta! Alerta!”, one of his longest bass arias, appears in his opera “Il Trovatore”

Answer 428

Giuseppe Verdi

Question 429

ALL ABOUT OPERA–1000–This heroine of a Donizetti opera is the sister of Lord Enrico Ashton of Lammermoor

Answer 429

Lucia

Question 430

20th CENTURY OPERA–600–Appropriately, Scottish composer Thea Musgrave wrote an opera about this Scottish queen

Answer 430

Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart)

Question 431

OPERA & BALLET–1000–In an 1869 Marius Petipa ballet he puts a metal basin on as a helmet & goes seeking adventure

Answer 431

Don Quixote

Question 432

OPERA QUEENS–200–The title character of “Maria Stuarda” is better known in English by this name

Answer 432

Mary Stuart

Question 433

OPERA & BALLET–1000–Last name of the gossip in Menotti’s “The Old Maid and the Thief”, it’s the same as a Puccini lieutenant

Answer 433

Pinkerton

Question 434

OPERA QUEENS–400–The seductive Queen of Shemakha sings a “Hymn to” this heavenly body in “Le Coq d’Or”

Answer 434

the Sun

Question 435

OPERA QUEENS–600–This queen reigned in several operas, including “L’Atlantida” & “Christophe Colomb”

Answer 435

Queen Isabella

Question 436

OPERA QUEENS–800–In a Rossini opera, this queen is incensed to find out the Earl of Leicester is secretly married

Answer 436

Elizabeth I

Question 437

OPERA QUEENS–1000–The Catholic Marguerite de Valois is a pivotal character in the 1836 opera named for these French Protestants

Answer 437

the Huguenots

Question 438

EUROPEAN COMPOSERS–400–His son Carl Philipp Emanuel was famous for his “Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments”

Answer 438

Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 439

EUROPEAN COMPOSERS–800–Haydn called this “Magic Flute” composer the greatest composer he knew “either personally or by reputation”

Answer 439

Mozart

Question 440

EUROPEAN COMPOSERS–1200–At 17 he composed an overture for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”; he later wrote the “Wedding March” for it

Answer 440

Mendelssohn

Question 441

EUROPEAN COMPOSERS–1600–This “Peter and the Wolf” composer wrote the music for the classic film “Alexander Nevsky”

Answer 441

Prokofiev

Question 442

EUROPEAN COMPOSERS–2000–In 1838 Paganini sent this “Symphonie Fantastique” composer 20,000 francs to further his career

Answer 442

Berlioz

Question 443

OPERA HODEPODGE–100–This composer of the opera “Siegfried” named his only son Siegfried

Answer 443

Wagner

Question 444

OPERA HODEPODGE–200–“Il Trittico” – “The Triptych” – is a trilogy of one-act operas by this composer of “Tosca”

Answer 444

Giacomo Puccini

Question 445

OPERA HODEPODGE–300–This great Italian tenor made his official debut in 1894, in Naples, his hometown

Answer 445

Enrico Caruso

Question 446

OPERA HODEPODGE–400–The witch in this 1893 Humperdinck opera is sometimes played by a man

Answer 446

Hansel

Question 447

OPERA HODEPODGE–600–She’s the heroine of the Donizetti opera that features the famous sextet heard here:

Answer 447

Lucia di Lammermoor

Question 448

LOUD CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–14th century hero in the title of the following

Answer 448

William Tell

Question 449

LOUD CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–INSERT INTO clue VALUES (AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Rioting broke out when this Stravinsky work was first performed in Paris

Answer 449

The Rite of Spring

Question 450

LOUD CLASSICAL MUSIC–600–It’s the Roman god & planet that Gustav Holst featured here

Answer 450

Mars (the bringer of war)

Question 451

LOUD CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–You’ll journey to this “hall” in the Grieg work heard here

Answer 451

The Hall of the Mountain King

Question 452

LOUD CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–This Handel work heard here was composed while he was living in London

Answer 452

Water Music

Question 453

OPERA–400–Tenor Leo Slezak covered a staging mistake in “Lohengrin” by ad-libbing, “What time is the next” this graceful bird

Answer 453

swan

Question 454

OPERA–800–His new “Tosca” was the toasta Roma in 1900

Answer 454

Puccini

Question 455

OPERA–1200–Verdi’s first comic opera was a flop; it was 50 years before he wrote his second, about this Shakespeare character

Answer 455

Falstaff

Question 456

OPERA–1600–This Mozart opera opens with the title character on the prowl for Donna Anna

Answer 456

Don Giovanni

Question 457

OPERA–2000–Fragments of the “Ode to Joy” appear in the libretto of this 1805 opera, the composer’s only one

Answer 457

Fidelio

Question 458

CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–His “Eroica” symphony was dedicated to his patron Prince Lobkowitz, not Napoleon as first intended

Answer 458

Beethoven

Question 459

CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–1742 oratorio featuring such choruses as “And he shall purify” & “He hath borne our griefs”

Answer 459

The Messiah

Question 460

CLASSICAL MUSIC–600–After writing this 1829 opera, Rossini wrote less than a half dozen more works the last 39 years of his life

Answer 460

William Tell

Question 461

CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–From 1933 to 1935, he served as president of Germany’s Reichmusikkammer, or chamber of state music

Answer 461

Richard Strauss

Question 462

CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–It’s the von Suppe “military” overture heard here

Answer 462

The Light Cavalry Overture

Question 463

DON’T BE AFRAID OF OPERA–400–In “The English Cat”, a cat is a president of the R.S.P.R.–The Royal Society for Protection of these rodents

Answer 463

rats

Question 464

DON’T BE AFRAID OF OPERA–800–“Le Marchand de Venise” is a 1935 opera based on this play

Answer 464

The Merchant of Venice

Question 465

DON’T BE AFRAID OF OPERA–1200–Gaza is the setting for a Biblical opera about Samson and this hussy

Answer 465

Delilah

Question 466

DON’T BE AFRAID OF OPERA–4000–Mozart’s opera “The Impressario” starred Caterina Cavalieri, mistress of this alleged Mozart foe

Answer 466

INSERT INTO clue VALUES (Antonio) Salieri

Question 467

DON’T BE AFRAID OF OPERA–2000–Perhaps the most “indomitable” of Benjamin Britten’s opera, this 1951 work has an all-male cast

Answer 467

Billy Budd