Music Part 5 Quiz 3

During Wagner's time in Paris, what did he do? Multiple Choice Finished his masterpiece, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) Conducted the famous premiere of his opera, Rienzi Built an opera house according to his specifications Was unable to get an opera performed and was reduced to musical hackwork

The movement in opera known as verismo is best exemplified by ______. Multiple Choice Giacomo Puccini Richard Wagner Claudio Monteverdi Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Giacomo Puccini's first successful opera was ______. Multiple Choice Manon Lescaut Madame Butterfly La Bohème Turandot

Verdi's first great success, an opera with strong political overtones, was _______. Multiple Choice Aïda nabucco La Traviata Oberto

Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bohème takes place in ______. Multiple Choice Seville Rome Paris Milan

Some of Puccini's operas feature exoticism, as in his use of melodic and rhythmic elements derived from Japanese and Chinese music in his operas ______. Multiple Choice La Bohème and Madame Butterfly Turandot and Manon Lescaut Tosca and Turandot Madame Butterfly and Turandot

Wagner was appointed conductor of the Dresden opera mainly because of the success of his first opera ______. Multiple Choice The Ring of the Nibelung Parsifal Die Götterdämmerung Rienzi

he composer who had an overwhelming influence on the young Wagner was ______. Multiple Choice Hector Berlioz Johann Sebastian Bach Johannes Brahms Ludwig van Beethoven

Verdi's later operas differ from his earlier ones in that they have ______. Multiple Choice less difference between aria and recitative greater musical continuity All answers are correct. more imaginative orchestrations

Mimi and Rodolfo meet for the first time in La Bohème because she has come to his door to ask for a ______. Multiple Choice drink of wine light for her candle dinner date cup of sugar

An artistic trend of the 1890s, in which operas dealt with ordinary people and true-to-life situations, was known as ______. Multiple Choice verismo exoticism opera seria Cavalleria rusticana

Which of the following operas was not composed by Richard Wagner? Multiple Choice Parsifal Tristan and Isolde Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Fidelio

Which of the following operas is not by Verdi? Multiple Choice Turandot Il Trovatore Otello La Traviata

The soul of a Verdi opera is ______. Multiple Choice expressive vocal melody the situation comedy extensive thematic development atmospheric orchestral parts

Which of the following operas was not composed by Giacomo Puccini? Multiple Choice Turandot Tosca Madame Butterfly Falstaff

he librettos to The Ring of the Nibelung were written by ______. Multiple Choice Arrigo Boito King Ludwig of Bavaria Hans von Bülow Richard Wagne

Wagner was a virtuoso on the ______. Multiple Choice None of these are correct. piano violin clarine

Verdi studied music in _________, the city where Italy's most important opera house, La Scala, is located. Multiple Choice Venice Milan Rome Florence

In Puccini's La Bohème, Rodolfo is a young ______. Multiple Choice musician philosopher poet painter