Theater / Opera Flashcards
Has “The Lone Ranger” theme as its overture
What is “William Tell”?
The barber’s name in “The Barber of Seville”
What is Figaro?
Famous Milan opera house opened in 1776
What is Teatro alla Scala
Work that “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” is based on
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Writer of “Aida”
Who is Giuseppe Verdi
A “Cav & Pag” is a double bill of these 2 shows
What are “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci”
Composer of “Four Seasons” and “Orlando Furioso”
Who is Vivaldi
Myth that “Euridice” and “L’Orpheo” are based on
What is Euridice and Orpheus
Helena loves Bertram, who leaves to attend to the King. Helena goes to Paris to try to cure the King’s fistula, which has resisted all cures. If she fails, she will be executed; if she succeeds, she may marry any courtier. She succeeds, but But Bertram spurns her unless she can obtain his ring, which she does through a ruse.
What is “All’s Well that Ends Well” by Shakespeare?
The story of a love affair and of the final Roman civil war, ending with Octavius’ victory at Actium. The title character commits suicide when he falsely hears his lover is dead. His lover then kills herself with the bite of an asp rather than be made captive by Octavius.
What is “Antony and Cleopatra” by Shakespeare?
A complicated tale of sibling rivalry; Oliver vs. Orlando; Duke Frederick vs. his brother. Orlando is in exile, as is the disguised Rosalind. In the end, all rivals are reconciled; Orlando and Rosalind marry.
What is “As you Like it” by Shakespeare?
Mistaken identities among the two sets of twins, as Aegeon tries to reunite his family long seperated by a storm at sea; one set of master and servant from Ephesus, the other from Syracuse. Based on the Latin comedy “The Twins,” by Plautus.
What is “The Comedy of Errors” by Shakespeare?
Brave but modest Marcius, called TITLE for his victory over the Volsci at ______, cannot bring himself to campaign for votes in the election for consul; Sicinius and Brutus use this to turn the people against him. Marcius allies himself with Tullus, his former foe, against Rome. Their march on Rome is turned back by Volumnia’s pleas to her son; in the Volscian camp he allows himself to be killed in a conspiracy led by Tullus, who only recognizes Marcius’ nobility after he is dead.
What is “Corilanus” by Shakespeare?
TITLE character’s wife plots against Imogen, his daughter by his first marriage. TITLE banishes Posthumus who comes to doubt Imogen’s faithfulness to him during his exile in Rome and plots to kill her. Imogen disguises herself as a man and is helped by her long-lost brothers, without knowing who the are. The Queen instigates a Roman invasion of Britain, which the brothers and Posthumus defeat; the Queen dies and all are reconciled.
What is “Cymbeline” by Shakespeare?
TITLE is upset that, upon his father’s apparently accidental death, his uncle Claudius usurped the throne and married his mother. HIs father’s ghost appears, revealing that Claudius murdered him and seduced Gertrude; the ghost tells TITLE to seek revenge. TITLE feigns madness to mask his purposes. He stages a play, “The Murder of Gonzaga,” re-creating his father’s murder and proving Claudius’ guild by his recreation. When TITLE confronts the Queen, he kills Polonius, who had hidden in her room. TITLE survivesassassination when sent with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England. Laertes joins Claudius in a plot to kill TITLE during a fencing match, either via a poisioned blade or drink. Ophelia, rejected by TITLE, goes mad upon the death of her father, and drowns in a stream. At the fencing match Gertrude unknowingly drinks from the poisoned cup and Laertes wounds TITLE. The blades get switched TITLE stabs Laertes fatally with the poisoned one. Gertrude now falls from her poison and dies. Laertes reveals the plot and TITLE kills Claudius. TITLE wills his kingdom to Fortinbras, Prince of Norway, and dies in Horatio’s arms. TITLE is Shakespeare’s longest play; the title role is Shakespeare’s longest part.
What is “Hamlet” by Shakespeare?
Having deposed Richard II, Henry must face various threats to his rule. Hal, however, leads a riotous life with the cowardly, blustering Falstaff and various lowlifes at the Boar’s Head Tavern in Eastcheap. Finally, Hal rises to his station, killing rebellious Hotspur in battle. When he succeeds to the throne, Hal, now Henry X, dismisses Falstaff and turns to the duties of Kingship.
What is “Henry IV” by Shakespeare?
TITLE has a potential claim to the French throne; the Dauphin insults him for this pretension, provoking a war. TITLE invades France, barely winning the siege of Harfleur. A large French army traps TITLE and his outnumbered troops at Agincourt, where he wins a crushing victory. TITLE successfully woos Princess Katherine. As an aside, Falstaff dies as his friends prepare to leave the army for France.
What is “Henry V” by Shakespeare?
The story of the War of the Roses between the House of York (White Rose) and the house of Lancaster (Red Rose), and of the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. Under weak King TITLE, the two branches of the royal house vie for power while France regains its lost territory. Ultimately, the Dukes of York and Suffolk, Prince Edward and TITLE are all killed. Edward IV ascend the throne. The story is completed in another play.
What is “Henry VI” by Shakespeare?
A retelling of TITLE’s first divorce, from Katherine, in his search for an heir. TITLE falls in love with Ane Boleyn; Wolsey will arrange the divorce but cannot support the remarriage. Wolsey falls from office, but dies before he can be tried. Cranmer supports the King, including his break with Rome. This was the last play performed at the Globe before the theater burned after an errant shot by a stage cannon.
What is “Henry VIII” by Shakespeare?
Cassius and others plot to kill TITLE, fearing his dictatorial tendencies. Cassius induces Brutus (“the noblest Roman”), TITLE’s friend, to join the plot. They kill TITLE on the Ides of March, but Antony turns the Romans against the assassins with his funeral oration. Antony allies with TITLE’s young nephew, Octavius. They defeat the assassins at Phillippi; Cassius and Brutus commit suicide.
What is “Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare?
The story of TITLE’s seizure of the throne after the death of his brother, Richard the Lionheart, and despite the claims of Arthur. TITLE has Arthur blinded; he later dies trying to escape. TITLE is poisoned by a monk.
What is “King John” by Shakespeare?
TITLE plans to divide his kingdom among his daughters asking each to proclaim their love for him. Goneril and Regan flatter him; Cordelia refuses to do more than offer him the proper love and devotion. Outraged, TITLE denies Cordelia her portion and exiles her and her defender, the Earl of Kent. Edmund tricks Gloucester into exiling Edgar. Goneril and Regan strip away TITLE’s remaining rights; he goes mad and is alone except for his Fool. Cordelia invades with a French army and finds the mad TITLE, but she is defeated by her sisters an Edmund. The victors fall out among themselves; Goneril kills Regan and commits suicide; Edmund’s treachery is unmasked. TITLE enters, carrying Cordelia, whom Edmund had hanged. Then he dies as well.
What is “King Lear” by Shakespeare?
Wealthy TITLE, a patron of the arts and banquet-giver, is easily flattered, as Apemantus warns him. A rumor spreads questioning TITLE’s wealth; his creditors demand payment and his former guests all refuse to help. TITLE invites them to a final feast, where he decries their conduct and withdraws from Athens to live in a vace, hating all mankind. TITLE discovers a hoard of gold but remains bitter and refuses to help Athens against the unscrupulous Alcibiades. News of TITLE’s death closes the play.
What is “The Life of Timon of Athens” by Shakespeare?
Ferdinand and his courtiers pledge to turn the court into an academy and to forgo women for three years while they study, but they fall in love with the Princess and respective members of the court, and try to keep this secret from one another. The King of France dies and the Princess must go home; the other couples also must each separate for a year.
What is “Love’s Labour Lost” by Shakespeare?
