Rand 4 Flashcards
Bizet (FR) opera
Carmen
Downfall of Spanish soldier Don Jose by fiery gypsy Carmen, who loves bullfighter Escamillo, whom Jose kills
Old kingdom Egypt opera. Verdi
Aida, commissioned by Khedive of Egypt
U.S. Naval Officer Pinkerton in Japan. Puccini
Madame Butterfly
Paris, 1830. Poor seamstres and friends. Mimi dies.
La Boheme. Puccini
(Inspired RENT)
Rossini’s last opera. Used in A Clockwork Orange
William Tell
Paris. Verdi. Based on Victor Hugo novel.
Rigoletto. Hunchback.
Leoncavallo. Cabin clown.
Pagliacci.
First international recording star. Italian opera singer.
Enrico Caruso
Sister wrote libretto. Conducted by Richard Strauss. Humperdinck.
Hansel and Gretel
Woman rescues husband from prison.
Fidelio. Beethoven.
Last Mozart opera. Freemasonry influenced.
The Magic Flute
Last Mozart opera. Freemasonry influenced.
The Magic Flute
Faust opera
Charles Gounod. NY Metropolitan Opera opened with this opera.
Rossini.
Barber of Seville. Rosina, female love interest
Blacks. Charleston. Summertime.
Porgy and Bess. Gershwin.
Dance of the Seven Veils opera
Salome, by Richard Strauss (daughter of Herod the Great, gets John the Baptist head)
Only saint whose both birth and death are commemorated
John
Servants succeed in marrying. Class conflict
Mozart. Marriage of Figaro.
Paris. Based on Dumas work
La Traviata. “The Fallen Woman.” Verdi.
King Ludwig II named Neuschwanstein Castle after Swan Knight from this Wagner opera
Lohengrin (LOW-HEN-GRIN)
The Flying Dutchman
Wagner
Der Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II
Traveling German medieval poet. Song contest.
Tannhauser. Wagner.
Lowest female singing voice
Contralto
