Quiz 3

Question 1

Richard Wagner’s play

Answer 1

The ring of the Niebelung

Question 2

The ring of the Niebelung

Answer 2

Das Rhinegold
Die Walkure
Siegfried
Die Gotterdammerung

Question 3

Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde produced in

Answer 3

Munich

Question 4

His theatre- construction begun on

Answer 4

Festspielhaus in Bayreuth

Question 5

Richard Wagner’s theatre has 3 characteristics

Answer 5

Mystic chasm(hidden orchestra)
Continental seating
Double proscenium

Question 6

Richard Wagner’s theatre named

Answer 6

Bayreuth Festspielhaus

Question 7

Friedrich Nietzsche’s play in 1871

Answer 7

The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music

Question 8

Auguste Comte’s philosophy

Answer 8

Positivism

Question 9

Auguste Comte’s book

Answer 9

Cours de Philosophie Positive

Question 10

The father of Swedish Theatre

Answer 10

Gustav III

Question 11

3 the Meininger

Answer 11

George II
Ludwig Chronegk
Ellen Franz

Question 12

Ludwig Chronegk

Answer 12

joined Meininger as actor

important to the success of the meininger

Question 13

Ellen Franz

Answer 13

Leading Lady
No longer act for the public
work as literary and dramaturgical work

Question 14

George II’s contribution(four thing)

Answer 14

choice of good plays
emphasis on ensemble
carefully blocked crowd scenes
historical accuracy of props/costumes/scenary

Question 15

Richard Wagner created

Answer 15

operas with a theatre artist’s sensibilities

Question 16

Richard Wagner wrote

Answer 16

his own libretti

Question 17

Richard Wagner composed

Answer 17

the music

Question 18

Richard Wagner designed

Answer 18

sets/supervised staging

Question 19

Gesamtkunstwerk

Answer 19

opera as a synthesis of many arts, a union of music and poetry(music-drama) expressing freedom of the spirit

Question 20

Leitmotiv

Answer 20

a short leading phrase used in a complex manner for idea-association

Question 21

Richard Wagner was

Answer 21

1st composer to also write his own libretti stage his operas, and design all the scenery

Question 22

Richard Wagner innovation included

Answer 22

enlargement of the orchestra & continuous tone-speech

Question 23

Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by

Answer 23

Wagner

Question 24

1880s - 1900s in French Theatre

Answer 24

Naturalism

Question 25

Auguste Comte's positivism

Answer 25

focus on Observable phenomena, no metaphisics

Question 26

Naturalism characteristic 1)

Answer 26

Realism pushed to the extreme(more than realism)

Question 27

Naturalism characteristic 2)

Answer 27

examine the human organism scientifically without reference to the spiritual

Question 28

Naturalism characteristic 3)

Answer 28

Attempt to bypass artistic selection and arrangement, simply conveying the chaos of existence

Question 29

Naturalism characteristic 4)

Answer 29

case studies work best with few variables | A reason to focus on the lowest level of life