Cindy's Quiz of DOOOOOMMMMMM (prt. 1)

What was the first opera to stabilize form and structure?

What other new concept did L'Orfeo possess?

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

What was important to Gluck?

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

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

What type of singing did the early operas contain?

What did Monteverdi explore in L'Orfeo?

What did the Florentine Camerata discuss?

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

Who established opera seria's musical form?

What is the main thing that exemplifies the Baroque era?

Name three elements that Gluck contributed to opera.

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

What served as the plot of mystery plays?

Who composed L'Orfeo?

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

What opera was considered to be Monteverdi's masterpiece?

What are three unique elements of tragedy lyrique?

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

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

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

Who composed Daphne?

What element is unique to opera comique?

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

Which composer marks the transition from Renaissance to Baroque?

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

What did many of Mozart's arias end with?

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

What element was most important to the Florentine Camerata?

What reigned supreme during the Baroque era?

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

What country produced the madrigal comedy?

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

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

What did the Renaissance era represent?

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

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

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

Which antecedent originated with troubadour poets?

Which city did opera move to during the Baroque era?

Opera buffa led to the development of which French genre?

What transformation does the orchestra experience in the Baroque era?

What was the inpiration of the Florentine Camerata?

How many acts does opera seria contain?

What was the earliest form of opera?

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

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

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

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

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

What was the apex period for the Florentine Camerata?

What elements did the masque include?

What type of movement was the Renaissance era?

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

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

What idea began with opera in Venice?

Which antecedent of opera featured tableaus with antiphonal song?

Name three composers influenced by Gluck.