Chapter 44
The American debut tour of international singing sensation Jenny Lind was managed by _____.
P.T. Barnum
Which of these operas exhibited the high point of the singing style known as bel canto?
Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia
In the nineteenth century, opera excerpts were NOT marketed to domestic consumers via _____.
radio broadcasts
The literary basis for Verdi's Rigoletto is _____.
A play by Victor Hugo
Which is NOT a Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play?
Aida
After her husband's composing career began to flourish, Giuseppina Strepponi enjoyed continued success as an opera singer into her last years.
False
Jenny Lind was a famous nineteenth-century composer of opera.
False
Rigoletto is an opera based on Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
False
Giuseppe Verdi viewed himself as an Italian nationalist composer.
True
Nineteenth-century Italian opera is characterized by the use of the bel canto style of singing.
True