Opera Review

Gesamtkunstwerk translates to

True or False- the very first opera is still performed today

How many separate opera's make up Wagner's Ring Cycle?

What is the voice part of this singer?

The hero of an opera is usually voiced by a tenor

This Italian style of opera singing directly translates to 'Beautiful Singing'

How many opera's did Beethoven write?

Who is this person

Wagner's The Ride of the Valkyries involves 8...

Wagner designed his own opera house to showcase his operas?

Opera buffa means

This aria is sung by which voice part?

Often, in classical opera, this voice part was cast in a male role but played by a female

The villian in a typical opera is commonly voiced by which voice part?

The main villain in Mozart's The Magic Flute is the Queen of the Night, a role sung by what voice part?

What voice part is this aria written for?

The heroine, damsel in distress, or ingenue in a opera is typically voiced by what voice part?

What opera tells the story of young Bohemian's finding love in 1830's Paris?

The original idea of opera was designed to combine music with what?

What orchestral piece often opens an opera?

Romantic composers blurred the line between recitative and aria

Which composer wrote the libretto and music for his operas

True or False- Gershwin's Porgy & Bess was written to be performed by an all African-American cast