Question $1(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

Who is the first important Classical$-$era opera composer?

Question $1$ options:

Beethoven

Gluck

Bach

Handel

Question $2(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

What is the most famous opera company in the United States?

Question $2$ options:

Metropolitan Opera Association

Houston Grand Opera

State Opera in Vienna

Greater Miami Opera

Question $3(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

What group of instruments accompanies the singers in an opera?

Question $3$ options:

Concert band

String quartet

Concerto

Orchestra

Question $4(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

In what two languages did Mozart write his operas?

Question $4$ options:

German and Italian

French and Italian

German and English

English and Chinese

Question $5(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

What is a simple, speechlike style of singing in an opera?

Question $5$ options:

Aria

Recitative

Chorus

Libretto

Question $6(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

In an opera company, who supervises the overall artistic and business policy of an opera production?

Question $6$ options:

Board of directors

Stage director

General manager

Conductor

Question $7(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

Who is the person in an opera company that controls the hiring of singers and conductors?

Question $7$ options:

Conductor

General manager

Choreographer

Stage director

Question $8(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

What is serious opera called?

Question $8$ options:

Opera buffa

Opera seria

Opera rosaque

Opera realittie

Question $9(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

What is the name for music performed during selected scenes of a play, a drama that was complete within itself?

Question $9$ options:

Operetta

Oratorio

Incidental music

Playlette

Question $10(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

In what city were the first operas composed?

Question $10$ options:

London

New York

Florence

Madrid

Question $11(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

What is a drama in which the story is acted out on stage and in which the characters sing, rather than speak, all or most of their lines?

Question $11$ options:

Play

Oratorio

Cantata

Opera

Question $12(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

What is comic opera called?

Question $12$ options:

Opera buffa

Opera seria

Opera rosaque

Opera realittie

Question $13(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

What kind of male singer has an especially low singing voice?

Question $13$ options:

Baritone

Contralto

Basso profundo

Basso cantante

Question $14(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

When were the first operas composed?

Question $14$ options:

$1590$s

$1460$s

$1678$

$1922$

Question $15(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

Who is the person who leads the singers and the orchestra by his hand motions?

Question $15$ options:

Stage director

General manager

Set designer

Conductor

Question $16(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

Who is the person who designs any needed dancing in an opera and supervises the dance rehearsals?

Question $16$ options:

Choreographer

Stage director

General manager

Conductor

Question $17(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

In an opera house, what is the name for the section between the stage and the audience where the orchestra sits?

Question $17$ options:

Basement

Pit

Mezzanine

Sub$-$stage

Question $18(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

Who is the person in an opera company that controls the hiring of singers and conductors?

Question $18$ options:

Conductor

General manager

Choreographer

Stage director

Question $19(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

What is the text $($or words$)$ of an opera called?

Question $19$ options:

Epic poem

Novel

Libretto

Screen play

Question $20(1\mathrm{.}25$ points$)$

What are comic skits that were performed in front of a curtain between acts of an opera?

Question $20$ options:

Intermezzi

Opera seria

Abridged plays

Playlettes tutti