Opera Flashcards
Puccini
1893-1895
Paris in 1830; bohemian lifestyle
La Boheme
Verdi
Duke of Mantua and his jester
Daughter Gilda
Rigoletto
Bizet
Southern Spain
Don Jose seduced by a gypsy
Torero Escamillo
Murder out of jealousy
Carmen
Verdi
Fallen Woman (Violetta)
Paris
Alfredo Germont
La Traviata
Puccini
Rome 1800
Kingdom of Naples
Napoleon’s invasion of Italy
Tosca
Mozart
1786
Susanna and servant get married
Premiered in Vienna
Same playwright as Barber of Seville
The Marriage of Figaro
Play that was supposed to be an opera
The Count and Rosine
Disguise as student Lindor
Doctor Bartholo keep Rosine locked up
Figaro the barber
The Barber of Seville
Mozart
Spanish libertine
Premiered 1787 in Prague
Don Giovanni
Puccini
Tokyo
Cio-Cio-San
Suzuki
Pinkerton
Premiered 1904 in Milan
Madama Butterfly
Beethoven (only opera)
Premiered 1805 in Vienna
Leonore disguised as prison guard rescues husband Florestan from prison
Fidelio
Verdi
Set in Ancient Egypt
Premiered 1871 in Cairo
Tried to commission Verdi for opera re: opening of Suez Canal
Ethiopian princess
Kings of Egypt and Ethiopia
Aida
Leoncavallo
Canio murders wife (Nedda) and lover (Silvio) onstage during performance
Premiered 1892 in Milan
Conducted by Toscanini
Pagliacci
La Boheme
Tosca
Madama Butterfly
Puccini
Rigoletto
La Traviata
Aida
Verdi
Carmen
Bizet
