Opera & Classical Music Jeopardy 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’
CLASSICAL MUSIC–2000–In 1969 this French composer was selected to replace Leonard Bernstein as director of the N.Y. Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–Around 1915 Debussy composed 12 etudes in memory of this Polish-French composer
Chopin
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–800–Beethoven’s father tried to promote him as a child prodigy, like this Salzburg-born genius
Mozart
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1200–“The Tender Land” is a 1954 opera by this “Appalachian Spring” composer
Copland
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1600–This Austrian composer’s Symphony No. 8 is known as the “Symphony of a Thousand”
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VALUES (Gustav) Mahler
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–2000–He supervised a 1907 phonograph recording of his own “Pagliacci”
Leoncavallo
CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–After seeing Verdi’s “Aida” he decided opera was to be his forte & came up with “La boheme” & “Tosca” among others
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VALUES (Giacomo) Puccini
CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–Arthur Sullivan in 1856 was the first person to receive the scholarship named for this “Bridal March” composer
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VALUES (Felix) Mendelssohn
CLASSICAL MUSIC–1200–For the ballet “Coppelia” Leo Delibes used “The Sandman”, one of the “Tales of” this author
E.T.A. Hoffman
CLASSICAL MUSIC–1600–In 1874 Ibsen asked Edvard Grieg to compose incidental music for this play
Peer Gynt
CLASSICAL MUSIC–2000–Italian for “a whim”, Strauss used it as an opera title, Paganini for a violin study
a capriccio
CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–400–A famous trio was made up of Eugene Istomin on piano, Leonard Rose on cello & Isaac Stern on this
violin
CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–800–In March of 2004 this renowned tenor made his farewell Metropolitan Opera apparance, in “Tosca”
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VALUES (Luciano) Pavarotti
CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–1200–In his early teens, around 1890, he studied cello in Barcelona with Jose Garcia
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VALUES (Pablo) Casals
CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–1600–30 years older, this composer was a pal of Vladimir Horowitz, who could really bang out his 3rd Piano Concerto
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VALUES (Sergei Vassilievich) Rachmaninoff
CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–2000–La Diva Renee is a dessert named for this popular soprano
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VALUES (Renée) Fleming
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–100–This “Messiah” composer’s first job was as a church organist in Halle, Germany, at age 17
Georg Handel
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–200–“Variations on a Theme by Haydn” was this “lullaby” composer’s first major work for full orchestra
Johannes Brahms
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–300–In 1977, his “Immortal Beloved” was identified as Antonie Brentano, wife of a merchant
Beethoven
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–This father-in-law of Richard Wagner died July 31, 1886, during the Wagner festival at Bayreuth
Franz Liszt
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–500–He composed his “Leningrad Symphony” during the World War II siege of Leningrad
Dmitri Shostakovich
OPERA–200–Robert Guilliaume appeared in a 1965 production of this Gershwin work at the Vienna Volksoper
Porgy and Bess
OPERA–400–Title shared by the Puccini and Leoncavallo operas about Mimi, a poor seamstress
La bohème
OPERA–600–This “Lohengrin” composer’s first opera, “Die Fein”, wasn’t performed until 1888, five years after his death
Richard Wagner
OPERA–200–In Wagner’s “Gotterdammerung”, she dies by riding her horse onto Siegfried’s funeral pyre
Brunhilde
OPERA–800–“Savitre”, by this composer of “The Planets”, is based on an episode in “The Mahabarata”
Holst
OPERA–400–Naval rank of Pinkerton in “Madame Butterfly”
lieutenant
OPERA–1000–Hedwig Lachmann translated an Oscar Wilde play into German for this Richard Strauss opera
Salome
OPERA–600–Of “Benvenuto Cellini”, “Boris Godunov”, and “Eugene Onegin”, the two who were historic figures
Cellini and Godunov
OPERA–800–In Germany, this opera is sometimes called “Margarethe” to separate it from the Goethe drama
Faust
OPERA–1000–In this operetta, Prince Orlovsky calls champagne “the king of all wines”
Die Fleidermaus
YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA–400–We’re not stringing you along: “El Retablo de Maese Pedro” is meant to be peformed by these toys
puppets
YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA–800–At the beginning of an 1893 opera, these little tykes are sent into the woods to pick strawberries
Hansel
YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA–1200–King Solomon is a character in “La Reine de Saba”, an opera about the queen of this place
Sheba
YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA–1600–Flosshilde is a Rhinemaiden in this composer’s “Das Rheingold”
Richard Wagner
YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA–800–INSERT INTO clue
VALUES (Jimmy of the Clue Crew blows an alphorn in front of a Tyrolean chalet.) Appropriately, an alphorn call is imitated in the overture to this 1829 Rossini opera
William Tell
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–200–On the eve of the premiere of “Carmen”, he was named a chevalier of the legion of honor
Georges Bizet
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–It was musicographer Ludwing Von Kochel who assigned the “K” numbers to this man’s musical works
W.A. Mozart
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1000–In April, 1759, this German-born composer was buried in Westminster Abbey
Handel
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–800–Upon his death, this Hungarian pianist’s manuscripts passed to the Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein
Franz Liszt
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–1000–In 1933 this “Sabre Dance” composer married fellow Russian composer Nina Makarova
Aram Khatchatourian
HISTORICAL OPERAS–100–In an 1846 opera, this Hun gets stabbed to death by his honey, Odabella
Attila
HISTORICAL OPERAS–200–You need a mezzo to play this beautiful queen in Phillip Glass’s opera “Akhenaton”
Nefertiti
HISTORICAL OPERAS–300–This Aztec is the title character in operas by Karl Heinrich Braun & Roger Sessions
Montezuma
HISTORICAL OPERAS–2000–At the end of Donizetti’s opera “Anna Bolena”, this woman is Henry VIII’s new queen
Jane Seymour
HISTORICAL OPERAS–500–This Portuguese explorer falls in love with an African captive in Meyerbeer’s opera, “L’Africaine”
Vasco da Gama
COMPOSERS–200–Written in 1966, “Requiem Canticles” was the last major work by this composer of “The Firebird”
Igor Stravinsky
COMPOSERS–400–Court composer Michel-Richard De Lalande gave harpsichord lessons to this “Sun King”’s daughters
Louis XIV
COMPOSERS–1000–In 1969 he was named Conductor Laureate for life of the New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein
COMPOSERS–800–This Viennese composer called one of his many waltzes “Wiener Blut”, which means “Vienna Blood”
Johann Strauss
COMPOSERS–1000–This Austrian composer wasn’t Mozart’s father, but Mozart did call him “Papa”
Franz Josef Haydn
OPERA–400–Cleopatra (soprano) & Curio (bass) appear in Handel’s opera about this man (contralto) in Egypt
Julius Caesar
OPERA–800–He wrote the ragtime opera “A Guest of Honor”
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VALUES (Scott) Joplin
OPERA–1200–This Verdi opera was first performed on Dec. 24, 1871, in Cairo
Aida
OPERA–1600–In a Puccini opera, he marries then abandons Cio-Cio-San
Pinkerton
OPERA–2000–In a Wagner opera, this title knight tells Elsa he’ll marry her so long as she never asks his identity
Lohengrin
OPERAS BY CHARACTER–400–Dick Deadeye, a sailor;Admiral Sir Joseph Porter;Captain Corcoran
H.M.S. Pinafore
OPERAS BY CHARACTER–800–Narraboth,Herodias,John the Baptist
Salome
OPERAS BY CHARACTER–1200–Klingsor, a sorcerer;Amfortas, keeper of the grail;Gurnemanz, a knight
Parsifal
OPERAS BY CHARACTER–1600–Beppe,Silvio,Canio the head clown
I Pagliacci
OPERAS BY CHARACTER–2000–The Duke of Mantua,Gilda,Count Monterone
Rigoletto
OPERA–200–The Lone Ranger’s theme is the opera’s overture
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OPERA–400–Profession of Rossini’s Figaro
a barber
OPERA–1000–This aria from “Pagliacci” gave him the first million-selling record ever
Enrico Caruso
OPERA–800–Lt. Pinkerton’s girlfriend Cio-Cio-San
Madame Butterfly
OPERA–1000–1976 was also the bicentennial of this famed Milan opera house
Teatro alla Scala
CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–Mendelssohn was one of the first to use this to conduct
Baton
CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–In a pipe organ, a pipe’s shape affects its tone quality, and its length determines this
Pitch
CLASSICAL MUSIC–1500–Of the three “B”’s, the one who left town when rejected as Philharmonic conductor in his native Hamburg
Johannes Brahms
CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–Pehaps the greatest violinist ever, this Italian could play a whole piece on just one string
Niccolo Paganini
CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–This great concert pianist and Polish premier was a friend of Liberace’s family
Ignace Jan Paderewski
OPERA–200–The “marriage” of this character to Susanna takes place in Count Almaviva’s chateau
Figaro
OPERA–400–This opera’s best-known aria is Cio-Cio-San’s “Un Bel Di Vedremo”
Madame Butterfly
OPERA–600–Act I of this 1875 opera takes place in a Seville square near a cigarette factory
‘Carmen’
OPERA–800–The title character in this Verdi opera is a hunchbacked jester
‘Rigoletto’
OPERA–1000–Beethoven wrote 4 overtures for this opera
‘Fidelio’
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS–200–It’s the play that inspired Reynaldo Hahn’s opera “Le Marchand de Venise”
The Merchant of Venice
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS–400–The Bolshoi presented this ballet at the Met in 1959, with Yuri Zhdanov & Galina Ulanova as the title lovers
Romeo
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS–600–You’ll need some long-winded singers to star in “Stormen”, a Swedish opera based on this play
The Tempest
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS–800–Verdi wrote an aria called “La Luce Langue”–The Light Fails–for this bloothirsty villainess
Lady Macbeth
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS–500–Title character played by former Alvin Ailey dancer Desmond Richardson in a 1997 ballet
Othello
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–100–Baptized Joannes Chrystostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, he commonly called himself Wolfgang Amade
Mozart
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–200–He dedicated his “Moonlight Sonata” to the countess Giulietta Guicciardi
Beethoven
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–300–His “1812 Overture” premiered in Moscow in 1882–not 1812
Tchaikovsky
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–400–This “Aida” composer was a deputy in the first Italian parliament in Turin in 1860
Giuseppe Verdi
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS–500–He composed several works based on poems by Paul Verlaine, including “Ariettes Oubliees” & “Clair De Lune”
Claude Debussy
COMPOSERS–400–Each of his “Four Seasons” is accompanied by a poem that he wrote
Vivaldi
COMPOSERS–800–At 25 he wrote his symphony in B minor consisting of 2 completed movements, an unfinished third & no fourth
Schubert
COMPOSERS–1200–His most famous work, “Finlandia”, was first performed in 1899
Sibelius
COMPOSERS–2000–In 1988, more than 40 years after his death, his remains were moved from New York to Budapest for a state funeral
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VALUES (Béla) Bartók
COMPOSERS–2000–Featured in “Somewhere in Time”, his beautiful “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” is heard here
Rachmaninoff
COMPOSERS–200–This American wrote “Rhapsody in Blue” in 1924 & “Second Rhapsody” in 1931
George Gershwin
COMPOSERS–400–His father Leopold called him “The miracle which God let be born in Salzburg”
W.A. Mozart
COMPOSERS–600–This Norwegian “Peer Gynt Suite” composer married his first cousin, singer Nina Hagerup, in 1867
Edward Grieg
COMPOSERS–800–This German Baroque composer wrote his “Hunt Cantata” for the birthday of the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
J.S. Bach
COMPOSERS–1000–He composed his “Moravian Duets” before he moved to the U.S. & wrote his “New World Symphony”
Antonin Dvorak
GERMAN COMPOSERS–400–In 1874, after more than 20 years, he finally completed his entire “Ring” cycle with “The Twilight of the Gods”
Wagner
GERMAN COMPOSERS–800–Robert Schumann’s high hopes for “Genoveva”, his only one of these works, were dashed by a Leipzig audience
an opera
GERMAN COMPOSERS–1200–When his brother Kaspar died in 1815, he became co-guardian of Kaspar’s 9-year-old son Karl
Beethoven
GERMAN COMPOSERS–1600–We’re fortunate to have the “Fingal’s Cave” overture by this composer whose first name means “fortunate”
Felix Mendelssohn
GERMAN COMPOSERS–2200–In 1940 he wrote “Japanische Festmusik” as a gesture of friendship between Germany & Japan
Richard Strauss
MORE OPERATIC DEMISES–200–In a biblical opera, this shorn strongman really brings down the house; his audience was just crushed
Samson
MORE OPERATIC DEMISES–400–A crap game on Catfish Row turns deadly when Crown kills Robbins with a cotton-hook in this opera
Porgy
MORE OPERATIC DEMISES–1300–In a Melville-inspired opera, this young sailor is hanged from the yardarm of the H.M.S. Indomitable
Billy Budd
MORE OPERATIC DEMISES–800–In “Elegy for Young Lovers”, 2 lovers expire while searching for edelweiss in this country’s Eastern Alps
Austria
MORE OPERATIC DEMISES–1000–In a Richard Strauss opera, this daughter of Agamemnon is so “complex” that she dances herself to death
Elektra
COMPOSERS–200–His younger brother Josef composed waltzes too
Johann Strauss
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W.A. Mozart
COMPOSERS–600–Born in Bergen in 1843, he’s been called “The most distinguished Norwegian composer of the 19th century”
Edward Grieg
COMPOSERS–800–This “Babes in Toyland” composer helped found the organization known as ASCAP
Victor Herbert
COMPOSERS–1000–His “Pomp And Circumstance” is actually a set of 5 marches
Edward Elgar
ITALIAN COMPOSERS–400–Venetian concerto master Antonio
Vivaldi
ITALIAN COMPOSERS–800–Giacomo, who found Giuseppe Verdi influential
Puccini
ITALIAN COMPOSERS–1200–Gioacchino, of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” fame
Rossini
ITALIAN COMPOSERS–2000–Ottorino; he pined for Rome
Respighi
ITALIAN COMPOSERS–2000–Vincenzo, who made a “Norma” conquest
Bellini
CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–400–The first name of this cellist born in 1955 means “friendship”
Yo-Yo Ma
CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–800–At age 13 this violinist from Israel was presented to the U.S. by Ed Sullivan
Itzhak Perlman
CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–1200–When this classical guitarist made his formal Paris debut in 1924, the program included a work named for him
Segovia
CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–1600–He married Mia Farrow in 1970
André Previn
CLASSICAL MUSICIANS–2000–This violinist, seenhere, was born in Osaka in 1971
Midori
OPERA–0–One-word title of the Verdi opera set in Windsor, England in the 15th century
“Falstaff”
OPERA–100–Giulio Rospigliosi, who held this office as Clement IX, wrote the libretto for the first comic opera
The Pope/Papacy
OPERA–200–Both Stravinsky’s “The Nightingale” & Puccini’s “Turandot” are set in this country
China
OPERA–300–This nation opened its first opera house on the banks of the Amstel River in 1986
The Netherlands/Holland
OPERA–400–This Verdi jester is considered one of the most challenging baritone roles ever written
Rigoletto
OPERA–500–“Boris Godunov” is the only opera completed by this composer
Modest Mussorgsky
ROSSINI OPERAS–400–Rudolph is the commander of Gessler’s archers in this opera
William Tell
ROSSINI OPERAS–800–He’s the local barber & general busybody in an 1816 Rossini opera
Figaro
ROSSINI OPERAS–1200–The prince sings, “Si, ritrovarla, io guiro” (“Yes, I will find her, I swear it”) in this fairy tale opera
La Cenerentola
ROSSINI OPERAS–1600–This 1819 Rossini opera is based on a poem by Sir Walter Scott
The Lady of the Lake
ROSSINI OPERAS–2000–The title character of this 1816 opera is in service with the Venetian army
Otello
CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–While living in Paris in 1829, he wrote his last opera, “William Tell”
Gioachino Rossini
CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–Beethoven originally dedicated his 1804 “Eroica” symphony to this world leader
Napoleon
CLASSICAL MUSIC–600–He was born in 1756; the son of the assistant concertmaster to the Prince of Salzburg
W.A. Mozart
CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–This French composer’s 1894 work, “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn”, illustrated a Mallarme poem
Claude Debussy
CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–This Russian’s popular Polovitzian dances are from his 1890 opera “Prince Igor”
Alexander Borodin
OH, NO! IT’S OPERA!–400–George Gershwin personally asked Howard University voice professor Todd Duncan to originate this title role
Porgy
OPERA–0–This 20th century opera was inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s painting “The Adoration of the Magi”
Amahl and the Night Visitors
OH, NO! IT’S OPERA!–800–The works of this novelist & poet inspired “Lucia di Lammermoor”, “La Donna del Lago” & “La Jolie Fille de Perth”
Sir Walter Scott
OH, NO! IT’S OPERA!–1200–This composer of “Cavalleria Rusticana” wrote “Il Piccolo Marat”, a sadly neglected opera about the Reign of Terror
Mascagni
OH, NO! IT’S OPERA!–1600–If you dread operas about druids, this 1831 Bellini opus is sure to “Gaul” you
Norma
OH, NO! IT’S OPERA!–2000–This Greek tragic heroine is the subject of 2 Gluck operas, one set in Aulis & one in Tauris
Iphigénie
OPERA CHARACTERS–200–When this Gypsy girl spurns Don Jose’s affection, he kills her with a dagger
Carmen
OPERA CHARACTERS–400–He was “The Barber of Seville” prior to becoming Count Almaviva’s valet
Figaro
OPERA CHARACTERS–3000–Cio-Cio-San, the geisha in love with Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton, is better known by this nickname
‘Madame Butterfly’
OPERA CHARACTERS–800–He’s the hunchback jester to the Duke of Mantua in a Verdi opera
Rigoletto
OPERA CHARACTERS–1000–Satan, using this name, appears to Faust & agrees to give him youth in return for his soul
Mephistopheles
OPERA–100–This queen is a leading character in the epic 20th century opera “Christophe Colomb”
Queen Isabella
OPERA–200–“The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountain” is an opera based on this John Bunyan work
The Pilgrim’s Progress
OPERA–300–Both of these opera companies are based at Lincoln Center
Metropolitan
OPERA–400–In English, the name of this Verdi opera means “The Troubadour”
Il trovatore
OPERA–500–Birgit Nilsson is best known for her heroic roles in this composer’s operas
Richard Wagner
OPERA–200–Verdi fans always want “moor” of this Shakespearean hero
Othello
OPERA–400–He wrote Brunhilde’s immolation, opera’s longest aria of nearly 15 minutes
Wagner
CLASSICAL MUSIC–200–Richard Horowitz, a timpanist with the Met, makes these sticks that a conductor uses
Batons
CLASSICAL MUSIC–400–Indian-born music director of the Israel Philharmonic, he also conducts the New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta
CLASSICAL MUSIC–600–A Ft. Worth piano contest is named for this winner of the 1958 Int’l Tchaikovsky Competition
Van Cliburn
CLASSICAL MUSIC–800–For the 1991-2 bicentennial of this composer’s death, 800 of his works will be performed at Lincoln Center
W.A. Mozart
CLASSICAL MUSIC–1000–If Beethoven rolled over in his grave, he’d find this composer of the Incidental Music to Rosamunde
Franz Schubert
OPERA LIBRETTISTS–200–This “Ragtime” composer wrote the libretto for his own opera, “Trimonisha”, and choreographed it too
Scott Joplin
OPERA LIBRETTISTS–400–This French novelist, a pere without peer, penned the libretto for Monpou’s “Le Piquillo”
Alexandre Dumas