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Opera Flashcards

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He kills Gesler with an arrow after Gesler forces him to shoot at an apple atop his son’s head

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William Tell

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OPERATIC DEMISES: This Bizet femme fatale is stabbed to death outside a Seville bull ring

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Carmen

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OPERATIC DEMISES: After delivering the head of John the Baptist, Herod orders his guards to crush her to death with their shields

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Salome

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Wild animals lie down at Tamino’s feet when he plays the title instrument in Act I of this Mozart opera

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The Magic Flute

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In operas by Richard Wagner, Brunnhilde is one of these 9 sisters who are warrior-maidens

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the valkyries

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Canio has the tears of a clown in this opera in which he must make others laugh while his heart is breaking

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Pagliacci

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On this stage as Cavaradossi, I sang farewell to Tosca in an opera by this composer

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(Giacomo) Puccini

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The title of this Verdi opera is often translated as “the fallen woman”, referring to Violetta

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La Traviata

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ORIGINAL OPERA TITLES: Rossini: “Guillaume Tell”

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William Tell

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ORIGINAL OPERA TITLES: Mozart: “Le Nozze di Figaro

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The Marriage of Figaro

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ORIGINAL OPERA TITLES: Offenbach: “Les Contes d’Hoffmann”

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The Tales of Hoffman

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ORIGINAL OPERA TITLES: Wagner: “ Gotter-dammerung “

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Twilight of the Gods

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ORIGINAL OPERA TITLES: Puccini: “La Fanciulla del West”

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Girl of the Golden West

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THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY: The character of Beckmesser in this composer’s “Die Meistersinger” is a caricature of music critics

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Wagner

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THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY: Beppe, a harlequin, is a character in this 1892 opera

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Pagliacci

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THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY: The land on which this London “Garden” opera house sits was once part of a monastery

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Covent Garden

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THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY: The only opera this Finn ever composed was “The Maiden in the Tower”

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(Jean) Sibelius

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THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY: Characters in this operetta include captain Richard Warrington & Marietta d’Altena

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Naughty Marietta

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THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: The Met archives include wardrobe from the 1890s, including the Mephistopheles costume from this Gounod work

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Faust

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THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: I’m in the bullring, site of the dramatic & fatal final scene in the Met’s production of this 1875 opera

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Carmen

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THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: In 1955, the Met made history with the debuts of its first African-American singers; the first man was Bobby McFerrin’s father Robert, and the first woman was this great contralto of the day

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Marian Anderson

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THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: As the duke, Luciano Pavarotti thrilled Met audiences with the aria “La donna e mobile”, which is so catchy that Verdi kept it out of rehearsals for this opera, so that it wouldn’t become known before opening night

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Rigoletto

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THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: It’s no surprise to see a stagecoach in this opera that Puccini was inspired to write during a visit to the U.S.

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Girl of the Golden West (La fanciulla)

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OPUS & OPERA: This meanie in “Hansel and Gretel” was written for a mezzo-soprano but is sometimes sung by a tenor

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the witch

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OPUS & OPERA: These are repetitions of a theme with changes; Paganini’s Opus 9 is these on “God Save the King”

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variations

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OPUS & OPERA: His sole opera, “Fidelio”, tells a tale of a young woman disguising herself as a boy

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Beethoven

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OPUS & OPERA: It’s the title of Elgar’s Opus 78 & of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, opus no. unknown, featuring actors on roller skates

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Starlight Express

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OPUS & OPERA: His Opus 68 is “From the Bohemian Forest”, composed around 1883

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Antonin Dvorak

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OPERA LOVERS: After she declares her love for a toreador named Escamillo, she is stabbed to death by Don Jose

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Carmen

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OPERA LOVERS: “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’” & “Oh Lawd, I’m On My Way” are arias in the opera about this title couple

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Porgy & Bess

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OPERA LOVERS: It’s love at first sight for Sophie & Octavian in this “Knight Of The Rose”

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Der Rosenkavalier

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OPERA LOVERS: In a Gluck opera with the help of the love god Amor, Orfeo attempts to bring her back from Hades

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Eurydice

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OPERA CHARACTERS: In a rock opera this deaf, dumb & blind kid becomes a pinball wizard

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Tommy

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OPERA CHARACTERS: In a Wagner opera it’s heads up for Jochanaan, who is this biblical figure

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John the Baptist

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OPERA CHARACTERS: In a Franz Lehar opera, Hanna Glawari, who recently lost her banker-husband, is this title character

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The Merry Widow

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OPERA PEOPLE & PLACES: “Cavalleria Rusticana” takes place on this large Italian island

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Sicily

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OPERA PEOPLE & PLACES: A soprano plays the title bird in “The Nightingale”, based on a tale by this Danish author

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Hans Christian Andersen

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OPERA PEOPLE & PLACES: “Azora” concerns the romantic entanglements of a daughter of this Aztec emperor

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Montezuma

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OPERA PEOPLE & PLACES: The title character of Bellini’s “Norma” is one of these British pagan priest(esse)s

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a Druidess

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OPERA PEOPLE & PLACES: “Belisario” takes place in this eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the west

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the Byzantine Empire

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This title character is sent to fetch Isolde, his uncle King Mark’s intended bride

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Tristan

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She’s a slave to Amneris, an Egyptian princess

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Aida

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Alban Berg’s 1937 opera is a real doozy, or a real this, the double-talk name of its title character

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Lulu

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Gingerbread figures turn back into boys & girls when the witch’s spell is broken in this opera

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Hansel and Gretel

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The Met’s production “Enchanted Island” is a version of “The Tempest”, & the costume I’m wearing belongs to this magician, who rules the island

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Prospero

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In a costume from a 2009 production I’m Escamillo, the toreador who wins the heart of this gypsy girl

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Carmen

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The title character disguises himself, but not very well, in “Le comte Ory”, the first opera created in French by this composer whose last opera was “William Tell”

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(Gioachino) Rossini

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The costume worn by this character may not seem to go with his title profession, but in his first scene he sings “Largo al factotum” and explains that he’s also the apothecary, gardener & wig maker

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the Barber of Seville

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This cape was worn by Enrico Caruso as the Duke of Mantua in this Verdi opera, the role in which he made his Met debut way back in 1903

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Rigoletto

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This helmet is a fitting accessory from a production of this Wagner work in which the knight’s arrival in a swan boat is one of opera’s great entrances

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Lohengrin

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OPERAS WITH CHARACTER: Cio Cio San, a young Japanese woman

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Madame Butterfly

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OPERAS WITH CHARACTER: Jemmy, a Swiss boy used as a target stand

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William Tell

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OPERAS WITH CHARACTER: Mozart’s Queen of the Night, a sorceress

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The Magic Flute

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OPERAS WITH CHARACTER: Daland, a captain of the high seas who meets a mysterious stranger

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The Flying Dutchman

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OPERAS WITH CHARACTER: Kurwenal, a servant accompanying his knight & master to pick up a new bride

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Tristan und Isolde

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THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE: In 1973, “The Magic Flute”, which included a queen character, was the first performance given here, & in the hall on opening night was this woman, who officially opened the Opera House

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Queen Elizabeth

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THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE: To compensate for the high ceilings in the concert hall, acrylic rings were hung to reflect the sound of the instruments back to the orchestra & to improve this, from the Greek for “to hear”

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the acoustics

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THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE: In March 2010, just shy of 90, this sitar virtuoso performed on the opera house stage with his daughter Anoushka in his “Farewell to Australia” tour

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Ravi Shankar

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THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE: As the story goes, Danish architect Jorn Utzon’s winning design for the opera house was saved from the rejection pile by this famed architect from Finland

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(Eero) Saarinen

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THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE: In September 2009, this 65-year-old dame of Maori descent thrilled audiences here on the Opera House stage, singing Strauss & Puccini

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(Kiri Te) Kanawa

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The “Hexenritt”, or “Witches’ Ride”, is sung in Act III of this 1893 fairy tale opera

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Hansel and Gretel

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In “La boheme” the poet Rodolfo falls in love with this seamstress who suffers from tuberculosis

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Mimi

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Carl Maria von Weber’s 1826 opera about this king of the fairies was subtitled “or, the Elf King’s Oath”

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Oberon

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In 1961, as Venus in “Tannhauser”, Grace Bumbry became the first black diva to sing at this Wagner festival

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Bayreuth

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Twilight of the Gods” is the last part of this composer’s “Ring” cycle

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Wagner

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In an opera based on a fairy tale, this title girl gives the prince one of a pair of bracelets before leaving the ball

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Cinderella

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Coppelius & Dr. Miracle appear in “The Tales of” him

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Hoffmann

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This Beethoven opera was based on a play called “Leonore”

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Fidelio

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Bellini title gal who’s high priestess of a Druid temple in Gaul

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Norma

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19TH CENTURY OPERA: When this opera opens, a cigarette girl tells soldiers she is looking for a corporal named Jose

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Carmen

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19TH CENTURY OPERA: He began writing “Die Meistersinger” in 1845 as a companion piece to “Tannhauser”, but didn’t finish it until 1867

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(Richard) Wagner

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19TH CENTURY OPERA: In this 1892 Leoncavallo opera, the clowns enter an Italian village in a parade led by a donkey cart

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19TH CENTURY OPERA: In this 1892 Leoncavallo opera, the clowns enter an Italian village in a parade led by a donkey cart

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19TH CENTURY OPERA: This Rossini opera was first performed under an Italian title meaning “Almaviva, the useless precaution”

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The Barber of Seville

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19TH CENTURY OPERA: When 1st produced, this Verdi opera known as “the strayed one” was a failure, due in part to contemporary costumes

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La Traviata

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OPERA CHARACTERS: In various versions of “Othello”, she’s smothered, strangled or stabbed to death

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Desdemona

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OPERA CHARACTERS: Yum-Yum, who is due to marry Ko-Ko, falls in love with the minstrel Nanki-Poo in this operetta

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The Mikado

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OPERA CHARACTERS: A one-act opera based on an episode in “Great Expectations” is called this woman’s “Wedding night”

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Miss Havisham

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OPERA CHARACTERS: This widower & hunchback is the court jester to the Duke of Mantua

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Rigoletto

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OPERA CHARACTERS: Characters in this John Adams opera include Chou En-lai, Chairman Mao & Henry Kissinger

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Nixon in China

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS: It’s full of magic:

“Stormen” & several called “Der Sturm”

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The Tempest

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS: Shifting the title’s focus:

“Jessika”

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The Merchant of Venice

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS: An enchanting work:

“The Faery Queen”

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS: Love that sparring:

“Beatrice et Benedict”

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Much Ado About Nothing

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SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS: What a farce:

“Sir John in Love” & several called “Falstaff”

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The Merry Wives of Windsor

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In Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Maid of Pskov”, this notorious 16th c. czar destroys the city of Novgorod

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Ivan (the Terrible)

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In “Maria Stuarda”, this queen signs Mary Stuart’s death warrant after being called a bastard

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Queen Elizabeth I

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On Feb. 26, 1776 a fire destroyed Milan’s Royal Ducal Theatre; this replaced it

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La Scala di Milano

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This Gian Carlo Menotti TV opera features a crippled boy, his mother & 3 kings: Kaspar, Melchior & Balthazar

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Amahl and the Night Visitors

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This Johann Strauss opera has appeared in several English versions, including “Night Birds” & “Rosalinda”

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Die Fledermaus

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In a Rossini opera this Swiss patriot is forced to shoot an apple placed on his son Jemmy’s head

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William Tell

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This opera ends with the title madam committing hara-kiri

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Madame Butterfly

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Don Jose is bewitched by this title gypsy girl

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Carmen

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This title slave & Pharaoh’s daughter Amneris are both in love with Radames

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Aida

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Count Almaviva attempts to thwart this opera’s title marriage

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The Marriage of Figaro

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OPERA GLOSS: This term for the principal female singer of an opera company is Italian for “first lady”

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prima donna

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OPERA GLOSS: A ballabille is a section of dance music: Verdi used one in “Macbeth” to describe the dancing of them

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the witches

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OPERA GLOSS: A barcarolle has a lilting rhythm, suggesting the songs of these Venetian singers

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gondoliers

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OPERA GLOSS: A piece of orchestral music played between 2 scenes of an opera

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an interlude (or intermezzo)

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