Listening for final

Question 1

Female singing, soprano, familiar 6/8 rhythm, performed on saxophone

Answer 1

La traviata, Act I, no. 3 Scena ed aria Violetta [“Ah! fors’è lui”

Question 2

Female singer, soprano playful “sempree Libbbb” male offstage singing.

Answer 2

La traviata, Act I, no. 3 Scena ed aria Violetta “Sempre libera”] (1853)

Question 3

Female soprano sad, “Adddd”(possible start with soprano and male voice spoken)

Answer 3

La traviata, Act III, no. 8 Scena ed Aria Violetta [“Addio del passato”] (1853)

Question 4

Triumphant brass beginning followed Ritornaaaa, female voice

Answer 4

Aida, Act I, Scena [Aria] Aida [“Ritorna vincitor”] (1871)

Question 5

Triumphant brass broken with string entrances between, instrumental buildup, “Glorrria” with many voices

Answer 5

Aida, Act II, Finale [“Gloria all’Egitto”] (1871)

Question 6

String opening, decrescendo leading to solo cello and then male voice “Ga nella”Long statements followed by soprano

Answer 6

Otello, Act I, Duetto Otello e Desdemona [“Già nella notte densa”] (1887)

Question 7

Short string eighth note passages, Declamatory with strings interupting short phrases on a male voice “Creddddoo” mostly spoken

Answer 7

Otello, Act II, Iago’s “Credo” [“Credo in un dio crudel”] (1887

Question 8

Male voice “Parrrii Sam” followed by sinister brass and strings with crescendos, “Mio Padre”

Answer 8

Rigoletto, Act I, no. 4 Scena e duetto Rigoletto e Gilda [“Pari siamo” and “De non parlare al misero”] (1851)

Question 9

Declamatory and loud “la donna”

Answer 9

• Rigoletto, Act III, no. 11 Scena e canzone Duca [“La donna è mobile”] (1851)

Question 10

hopeful strings and flute sounds (arpeggiating), tuneful female soprano voice, lots of vibratos

Answer 10

Rigoletto, Act I, no. 6 Scena ed aria Gilda [“Caro nome”] (1851)

Question 11

String opening sixteenth notes, wind eighth note, chorus, 3 sinister bursts of orchestral sound, (very quiet chorus)

Answer 11

Nabucco, Act III, no. 11 Coro e profezia [“Va, pensiero“Del futuro nel buio discerno) (1842)

Question 12

Horn choir opening, moments of quiet strings, and brash winds. long instrumental work

Answer 12

Nabucco, Overture (1842)

Question 13

Horn and string sinsiter interaction followd by flute and deepish male voice “Dall tuo stell”

Answer 13

Gioachino Rossini, Mosé in Egitto, Act IV, Scena, Coro, e Preghiera [“Dal tuo stellato soglio”]
(1818)

Question 13

Waltz-like, Elll ill, male voice

Answer 13

Rigoletto, Act I, no. 5 Scena e duetto Gilda e Duca [“È il sol dell’anima”] (1851)

Question 14

Un dii, male voice with waltz underneath, female vioce with many rests inbetween

Answer 14

La traviata, Act I, no. 2 Duettino [“Un dì felice, eterea”] from the Introduzione (1853)

Question 15

String section increasing in intensity, loud male voice (Aidaa) female voice more concerned

Answer 15

Aida, Act III, Scena e duetto Aida e Radamès [“Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti” and “Sì, fuggiam da
queste mure”] (1871