Opera

Question 1

Richard Wagner

Answer 1

Germany. gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art). Der Ring des Nibelungen aka Ring of Nuremberg (Ride of Valykries), The Flying Dutchman, Tristan und Isolde, Parsiful, The Mastersingers of Nuremburg.

Question 2

Giuseppe Verdi

Answer 2

Italy. Falstaff, Aida, La Traviata. Otello, Rigotello, Requiem.

Question 3

Giacomo Puccini

Answer 3

Italy. La Boheme, Madam Butterfly, Tosca, Turandot.

Question 4

Giacochinno Rossini

Answer 4

Italy. The Barber of Seville, William Tell.

Question 5

Mozart

Answer 5

Austria. The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro. Idomeneo, Don Giovanni, Cosi va Tutte.

Question 6

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Answer 6

Russia. Eugene Onegin (book by Pushkin), The Queen of Spades.

Question 7

Beethoven

Answer 7

Germany. Fidelio.

Question 8

George Bizet

Answer 8

France. Carmen.

Question 9

George Gershwin

Answer 9

USA. Porgy and Bess.

Question 10

Claudio Monteverdi

Answer 10

Italy. Founding Father of Opera. L’Orfeo.

Question 11

Richard Strauss

Answer 11

Germany. Salome, Der Rosen Kavelier, Elektra.

Question 12

George Handel

Answer 12

German/British. Messiah, Julius Caesar, Xerxes.

Question 13

Benjamin Britten

Answer 13

England. Peter Grimes, The Turn of The Screw.

Question 14

Hector Belioz

Answer 14

France. Les Troyens.

Question 15

Jules Massenet

Answer 15

France. Manon.

Question 16

Charles Gounod

Answer 16

France. Faust (based on Von Goethe play)

Question 17

Baryshnikov

Answer 17

Ballet dancer from USSR, huge in 70s/80s

Question 18

Bolshoi

Answer 18

Theatre in Moscow

Question 19

La Scala

Answer 19

Theatre in Milan

Question 20

Maria Callas

Answer 20

Greek Soprano

Question 21

Nellie Melba

Answer 21

Australian, wore fur around neck to keep throat warm