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4th ESO - UNIT 5: LET THE OPERA BEGIN!
4th ESO - UNIT 5: LET THE OPERA BEGIN!
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UNIT 5: OPERA - 4th ESO
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What's the name of the theatrical text, where composer writes what each character should sing?
opera
orchestra
libretto
leitmotif
2
Theatrical representations of stories have been present in our world since:
Romantic period
Renaissance
Classical Antiquity
Middle Ages
3
Bel canto
is a vocal style characteristic of Italian opera in the 19th century.
False
True
4
What is the name of the spectators that follow along in the libretto form their seats?
Pit
Director
Set
Audience
5
What is the name of the low range male voice?
Bass
Contralto
Soprano
Tenor
6
The technique used to define a character or situation with a melody is called?
Opereta
Leitmotif
7
Salome
is one of the operas composed by....
Schoenberg
Vivaldi
Verdi
Strauss
8
Which city was the centre of Europe during the Classicism in music?
Rome
Venice
Fiorence
Vienna
9
Who is the librettist?
Person who reads and chooses the opera to play.
Person who writes the texts for opera.
10
Italian opera in the 19th century was characterised by:
opera seria and opera comique
opera comique
bel canto
opera seria, opera comique and use of bel canto
11
The plot in the first operas revolved around gods and heroes of Classical antiquity
False
True
12
When were the atriums in temples used for singing theatrical representations?
In the Renaissance
In the Middle Ages
13
What is the name of the medium range female voice?
Tenor
Mezzo-soprano
Baritone
Soprano
14
Fascination for theatrical performances influenced the ancient Greeks and Romans to build...
theatres
cinemas
15
German operas composed during 19th century were centred around:
medieval or mythological topics
comique topics
16
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a composer from the
Middle Ages
Classicism
Renaissance
Baroque
17
What is the Camerata Fiorentina?
Poets, musicians & singers met to discuss music and art
Group of musicians who played music together
18
Enrico Caruso was an important...
Italian singer
Italian composer
19
The Camerata Fiorentina was the origin of the:
Operas
Concertos
Sonatas
Suites
20
Who is the composer of the opera
La favola d'Orfeo?
Claudio Monteverdi
Antonio Vivaldi
21
Who was the composer who incorporated the leitmotif?
Haydn
Verdi
Wagner
Mozart
22
The Camerata Fiorentina decided to emulate the Greek classics.
False
True
23
What is the name of the high range male voice?
Mezzo-soprano
Soprano
Tenor
Bass
24
The opera
Valkyrie
was composed by...
Strauss
Wagner
Verdi
Vivaldi
25
Which is the name given to operas composed by Richard Wagner?
Wagnerian opera
Music dramas
26
What is the name of this Spanish singer?
María Callas
Montserrat Caballé
27
Which were some of Verdi most famous works?
La traviata, Il trovatore, Rigoletto, Aida, Othello.
La traviata, Don Juan, Il trovatore, Rigoletto, Aida.
28
Which is the opera characterised by dramatic topics inspired by mythology, history & powerful?
Opera comique
Opera seria
29
What is the name of the high range female voice?
Tenor
Soprano
Bass
Mezzo-soprano
30
"The queen of the night" is an Aria from the opera:
The magic flute
Don Giovanni
Don Juan
The Marriage of Figaro
31
Which is usually considered as the first opera in history?
La Traviata
La favola d'Orfeo
32
Who was the composer of the opera
The marriage of Figaro?
Gluck
Haydn
Bach
Mozart
33
What is the name of the low range female voice?
Contralto
Soprano
Bass
Tenor
34
What is the
bel canto
?
Space reserved for the musicians and singers from a platform
Form of singing of opera singers with large vocal capacity
35
Who is the composer of the opera Rigoletto?
Verdi
Mozart
36
What is the name of the musical movement emerged in the middle of the 19th century in Europe?
Baroque
Romanticism
Nationalism
Classicism
37
The opera spread rapidly throughout all of America
False
True
38
What is the Music Drama?
A kind of an opera seria
A total art form that combined music, drama,staging & ballet
39
Which kind of characters were used in German operas during 19th century?
fantastical characters, heroes and gods
mythological characters
40
What is the name of the space reserved for the musicians, situated below the stage?
Chorus
Set
Pit
Audience
41
Which is the opera based on an entangled plot where topics were simple, based on daily life?
Opera comique
Opera seria
42
What is an Aria?
An orchestral piece that precedes the action.
A piece sung by 1 or more soloist & accompanied by orchestra
43
Name in music of the period between the 2nd half of the 18th & 1st quarter of the 19th century?
The Baroque period
The Renaissance
The Classical period
The Middle Ages
44
What is the name of the orchestral piece that precedes the action or start of each act?
Chorus
Recitative
Aria
Overture
45
What is the name of the common song in specific parts of the opera where all characters unite?
Overture
Recitative
Aria
Chorus
46
What is the name of the medium range male voice?
Tenor
Baritone
Soprano
Mezzo-soprano
47
In the beginning, opera was reserved for the high court or nobility.
True
False
48
The Camerata Fiorentina decided to emulate:
the Baroque musicians
the Romantic musicians
the Greek classics
the Middle Ages musicians
49
Who was the german composer of the opera
Lohengrin?
Wagner
Verdi
Mozart
Vivaldi
50
What is the name of this Italian singer?
Luciano Pavarotti
Plácido Domingo
51
What is the name of the person who directs the musicians and singers from a platform?
The composer
The director
52
For many years, italian was the universal language of opera
True
False
53
Who was the composer who created a new musical system based on the use of 12 different notes?
Schoenberg
Strauss
54
Richard Strauss is considered one of the last romantic opera composers.
True
False
55
Which opera of Verdi was based on Alexander Dumas
The lady of the Camellies?
La traviata
Rigoletto
56
What is the name of the fragment between the arias where singers recite the text.
Recitative
Aria
Chorus
Overture
57
Which is the musical form that consists on a dramatic and musical art where actors sing?
Tocata
Sonata
Cantata
Opera
58
Which composer was important because he reformed opera: putting music at the service of text?
Mozart
Verdi
Bach
Gluck