Chapter 44

Rigoletto is an opera based on Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

After her husband's composing career began to flourish, Giuseppina Strepponi enjoyed continued success as an opera singer into her last years.

Giuseppe Verdi viewed himself as an Italian nationalist composer.

In the nineteenth century, opera excerpts were NOT marketed to domestic consumers via _____.

Jenny Lind was a famous nineteenth-century composer of opera.

Nineteenth-century Italian opera is characterized by the use of the bel canto style of singing.

The American debut tour of international singing sensation Jenny Lind was managed by _____.

The literary basis for Verdi's Rigoletto is _____.

Which is NOT a Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play?

Which of these operas exhibited the high point of the singing style known as bel canto?