Cindy's Quiz of DOOOOOMMMMMM (prt. 1)

What type of singing did the early operas contain?

What Renaissance art form was considered the highest form in England?

What city experienced continuous development in opera during the Baroque era?

The use of what musical practice developed in opera in the Baroque that we still hear today?

What did the Renaissance era attempt to portray? (this question has multiple correct answers)

Who composed Daphne?

What was the inpiration of the Florentine Camerata?

Who wrote an essay on opera in which he states all the contributing elements of opera that should not strain reason?

What was the apex period for the Florentine Camerata?

Which antecedent of opera featured tableaus with antiphonal song?

What elements did the masque include?

Who was considered the father of French opera and controlled all the music performed in France?

What was important to Gluck?

What are three criteria that all operas had to follow in the Classical era?

Which composer brought a new level of characterization and expressiveness to his operas?

What type of opera began with the advancement of stage technology?

What did many of Mozart's arias end with?

Who was the great culminator of English opera during the Baroque era?

What did Monteverdi explore in L'Orfeo?

What is the first English opera that was influenced by Lully?

What was the first opera that assigned specific parts for specific characters and voice types?

Which city did opera move to during the Baroque era?

What reigned supreme during the Baroque era?

What were the two genres of French opera in the Baroque era?

What opera was considered to be Monteverdi's masterpiece?

What country produced the madrigal comedy?

Name three elements that Gluck contributed to opera.

What is the main thing that exemplifies the Baroque era?

Which antecedent originated with troubadour poets?

Name two genres in the Baroque era in which singers would string short arias together to create their own opera.

What was the name of the intermezzo that began a controversy pitting french and Italian opera against each other?

In France, who is considered to be the great culminator due to his exceptional technical and theoretical knowledge?

What was the first opera to stabilize form and structure?

What was the title of the first ever attempt at opera?

What form of entertainment appeared as short tableaus that were first presented during the intermission of an opera?

What served as the plot of mystery plays?

What type of movement was the Renaissance era?

Who are the two composers that lay the groundwork for the Romantic era

Which instrumental group in the orchestra was stabilized during the Baroque era?

Who established opera seria's musical form?

What other new concept did L'Orfeo possess?

Which composer marks the transition from Renaissance to Baroque?

What idea began with opera in Venice?

Who composed L'Orfeo?

Opera buffa led to the development of which French genre?

Who were the two librettists that helped to crystalize opera seria with their text?

What did the Renaissance era represent?

What was the name of the humanistic discussion group that formed in the late Renaissance in Italy

List two genres that were antecedents to modern opera. (this question has multiple correct answers)

How many acts does opera seria contain?

Why was text more important than the music during the Renaissance era?

What was the earliest form of opera?

What did the Florentine Camerata discuss?

What type of texts did the composers of the Renaissance draw their libretti from?

Name three composers influenced by Gluck.

What element was most important to the Florentine Camerata?

What element is unique to opera comique?

What are three unique elements of tragedy lyrique?

What transformation does the orchestra experience in the Baroque era?