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Rand 4 Flashcards

1
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Bizet (FR) opera

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Carmen

Downfall of Spanish soldier Don Jose by fiery gypsy Carmen, who loves bullfighter Escamillo, whom Jose kills

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2
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Old kingdom Egypt opera. Verdi

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Aida, commissioned by Khedive of Egypt

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3
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U.S. Naval Officer Pinkerton in Japan. Puccini

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Madame Butterfly

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4
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Paris, 1830. Poor seamstres and friends. Mimi dies.

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La Boheme. Puccini

(Inspired RENT)

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5
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Rossini’s last opera. Used in A Clockwork Orange

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William Tell

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6
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Paris. Verdi. Based on Victor Hugo novel.

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Rigoletto. Hunchback.

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7
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Leoncavallo. Cabin clown.

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Pagliacci.

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First international recording star. Italian opera singer.

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Enrico Caruso

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9
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Sister wrote libretto. Conducted by Richard Strauss. Humperdinck.

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Hansel and Gretel

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10
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Woman rescues husband from prison.

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Fidelio. Beethoven.

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11
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Last Mozart opera. Freemasonry influenced.

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The Magic Flute

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12
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Last Mozart opera. Freemasonry influenced.

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The Magic Flute

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13
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Faust opera

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Charles Gounod. NY Metropolitan Opera opened with this opera.

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14
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Rossini.

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Barber of Seville. Rosina, female love interest

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15
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Blacks. Charleston. Summertime.

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Porgy and Bess. Gershwin.

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16
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Dance of the Seven Veils opera

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Salome, by Richard Strauss (daughter of Herod the Great, gets John the Baptist head)

17
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Only saint whose both birth and death are commemorated

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John

18
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Servants succeed in marrying. Class conflict

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Mozart. Marriage of Figaro.

19
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Paris. Based on Dumas work

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La Traviata. “The Fallen Woman.” Verdi.

20
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King Ludwig II named Neuschwanstein Castle after Swan Knight from this Wagner opera

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Lohengrin (LOW-HEN-GRIN)

21
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The Flying Dutchman

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Wagner

22
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Der Fledermaus

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Johann Strauss II

23
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Traveling German medieval poet. Song contest.

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Tannhauser. Wagner.

24
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Lowest female singing voice

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Contralto

25
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Mozart opera about licentious Spanish nobleman

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Don Giovanni (same as Moliere’s Dom Juan and Lord Byron’s Don Juan)

26
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Italian composer made famous again by Peter Schaffer’s “Amadeus”

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Antonio Salieri

27
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Naples. Napoleon invasion. Puccini.

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Tosca.

28
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Princess in China hates men. Riddles to death.

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Turandot. Puccini. He died before completed.

29
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James Jones author Pearl Harbor book, also wrote the Thin Red Line

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From Here to Eternity, Montgomery Cliff/Burt Lancaster film

30
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Copenhagen amusement park

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Tivoli Gardens

31
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River St Petersburg

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Neva

32
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A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway author

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Amor Towles

33
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First black soloist to sing with the Met. Got a stamp

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Marian Anderson

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