ch. 26 quiz

Romantic operas often end in tragedy. a. True b. False

a

The most important and innovative composer of German opera was a. Wagner. b. von Weber. c. Schubert. d. Beethoven. e. R. Strauss.

a

The two most important composers of Italian operas during the Romantic period are a. Verdi and Puccini. b. Puccini and Bellini. c. Mozart and Donizetti. d. Verdi and Rossini. e. Bellini and Rossini.

a

Verdi's career was aided by the tide of Italian nationalism in the mid-1800s. a. True b. False

a

Bizet's opera Carmen was an immediate success when it was first presented. a. True b. False

b

Italian opera in the early years of the Romantic period was often call "bel canto," which means a. expressive singing. b. beautiful singing. c. complex plots. d. many recitatives. e. much use of motives.

b

Puccini's La bohème concludes when a. Rodolfo decides to become a priest. b. Mimi dies in Rodolfo's apartment. c. Mimi leaves Rodolfo for another man. d. Mimi and Rodolfo marry and move away. e. Rodolfo decides he is in love with Musetta.

b

The characters in Wagner's operas are mostly drawn from Greek mythology. a. True b. False

b

"Verismo" operas were about a. members of royal families. b. heroic warriors. c. people in everyday life. d. mythological Greek and Roman gods. e. rulers in ancient Rome.

c

Verdi became associated with Italian nationalism because a. his opera Rigoletto was about the king's son. b. for several years he was the king's composer. c. the letters of his name represented "Victor Emmanuel, Rex d'Italia." d. he fought in the Italian army against the ruling Austrians. e. he composed the Italian national anthem.

c

Wagner called his operas "music dramas" because he a. didn't want to be associated with Italian opera. b. included some spoken lines in them. c. wanted to eliminate the separation between recitatives and aria d. wanted to eliminate any parts for a chorus. e. believed the orchestra should play a greater role

c

Wagner composed many short melodies associated with characters and ideas which he called a. clues. b. tags. c. leading motives (leitmotivs). d. labels. e. identifiers.

c

The "Immolation Scene" from Wagner's Götterdämmerung concludes a cycle of four operas titled a. The Valkyries. b. Tristan and Isolde. c. Siegfried. d. The Ring of the Nibelung. e. The Gold of the Rhine.

d