Seattle Opera 09-10 Quiz

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    RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES!!! Which opera plot is this: "Witchhunt Leads to Mistaken Identity, Poison Jewelry, High Cs, and General Di Luna-cy"

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    RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES!!! Which opera plot is this: "Socialized Medicine Would Have Saved Uninsured Courtesan"

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    RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES!!! Which opera plot is this: "Celebrity Ex-Pat and War Hero Confuse Love and Death; Magic Potion Blamed"

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    RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES!!! Which opera plot is this: "Humorless Cross-Dresser Puts Damper on Party; God of Wine ex machina Saves the Day"

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    RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES!!! Which opera plot is this: "Ancient Greeks, Unnamed Aviatrix Invade Suburban Home"

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    RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES!!! Which opera plot is this: "Windsor Housewives Discover Remedy for Obese Ego: River Water"

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    Poor Violetta! What does La traviata’s heroine say about herself at the end of Act One?

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    Overheard in the Green Room: What did Giuseppe Verdi say about Il trovatore?

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    Hooray for Supertitles! What does Tristan say to Isolde?

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    SEZ WHO? What is the correct etymological origin of the expression "Miserere" (the famous passage from Trovatore Act 4)?

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    Hooray for Supertitles! What does Alice Ford say about Falstaff?

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    What does Leonora ask Di Luna to do vis-à-vis Manrico?

  13. 13

    How does Ariadne’s Wigmaker address the Tenor playing Bacchus?

  14. 14

    Which is the correct etymological origin of "Liebestod," name of the famous soprano aria from Tristan und Isolde

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    OVERHEARD IN THE GREEN ROOM: What lesson did Daron Hagen say he learned from the success of his opera Shining Brow, about Frank Lloyd Wright?

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    UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY: Which is Shakespeare's life story of Sir John Falstaff?

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    What does Falstaff say about himself at the end of his opera?

  18. 18

    How did the great conductor Arturo Toscanini describe Richard Strauss?

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    Hooray for Supertitles! How does Ariadne’s Dancing-Master agree with the Major-Domo?

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    In Amelia, what advice does Daedalus give his son Icarus before their flight?

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    OVERHEARD IN THE GREEN ROOM: What did Giuseppe Verdi say about Italian unification?

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    Hooray for Supertitles! How does Tristan riddle with Isolde?

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    What did the famous conductor Thomas Beecham have to say about Tristan und Isolde?

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    SEZ WHO? Which is the correct etymological origin of the term "Brindisi", a traditional operatic drinking song

  25. 25

    Which is the real story of Il trovatore?

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