Jeopardy Opera and Classical Flashcards
OPERA–200–The title role in “Boris Godunov” is for a singer in this vocal range
bass
OPERA–400–Peter Cornelius’ opera “The Barber of Baghdad” was based on a tale in this collection
Arabian Nights
OPERA–600–In Sir Arthur Sullivan’s “Ivanhoe”, “Ho, Jolly Jenkin” is an aria for this Friar
Friar Tuck
OPERA–800–Wagner didn’t want “Parsifal” performed outside of this city that now holds Wagner festivals
Bayreuth
OPERA–1000–His “Elecktra” in 1908 may have been electric, but it was his “Salome” 3 years earlier that was scandalous
Richard Strauss
OPERA–400–This 1893 opera based on a children’s tale is set partly in the woods of Ilsenstein
Hansel and Gretel
OPERA–800–A 1913 opera about this queen of Ithaca is based on an episode from “The Odyssey”
Penelope
OPERA–400–Eva has to marry the winner of a singing contest in Nuremberg in this comic opera by Wagner
Die Meistersinger
OPERA–1600–In 2004 the Royal Opera dropped soprano Deborah Voigt from “Ariadne Auf Naxos” for this reason
she was too heavy
OPERA–2000–The name of this comic opera by Mozart is sometimes translated as “So Do They All”
Cosi Fan Tutte
CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–Kochel No. 1 is the G major minuet & trio he composed when he was about 5
Mozart
CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–The well-traveled Felix Mendelssohn wrote “Italian” & “Scottish” ones
symphonies
CLASSICAL MUSIC–1200–Born near Prague in 1841, he composed the following in 1863
Antonin Dvorák
CLASSICAL MUSIC–1600–Ironically, one of the last works Franz Schubert heard was this type of mass, by his brother Ferdinand
a requiem
CLASSICAL MUSIC–2000–This Strauss waltz heard here commemorated a meeting between Franz Joseph I & Wilhelm II
‘The Emperor Waltz’ (‘The Emperors Waltz’ accepted)
BALLET & OPERA–400–Nutty about “The Nutcracker”? You’ve probably seen it during this month (that’s the month it was first performed, too)
December
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
an apple
BALLET & OPERA–1200–Haydn wrote several operas for these stringed toys, but someone must be hidin’ them; most of them are lost
puppets (or marionettes)
BALLET & OPERA–1600–Odile & Prince Sigfried are the deux-o who dance the Black Swan pas de deux in this ballet
Swan Lake
BALLET & OPERA–2000–In an opera based on history, the pharaoh Akhenaten gives up polygamy for this beautiful queen
Nefertiti
CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–Due to the color of his hair, this “Four Seasons” composer was known as “Il Prete Rosso”, or “The Red Priest”
Vivaldi
CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–Robert Schumann’s 1841 “Spring” symphony dealt with this important event in his life
his wedding
CLASSICAL MUSIC–3200–From 1937 to 1954 he directed NBC’s Radio Symphony Orchestra
Toscanini
CLASSICAL MUSIC–1600–High school & college graduates should know that this march by Elgar is also known as “Land Of Hope And Glory”
‘Pomp And Circumstance’