Chapter 44. Multimedia Hits: Verdi and Italian Romantic Opera

Which Verdi opera is set in Egypt?

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

Romantic opera developed distinct national styles in Italy, Germany, and -, and women - excelled in all styles.

France singers

Match the term to its correct description.

Italian comic opera Correct label: opera buffa beautiful singing style Correct label: bel canto Italian serious opera Correct label: opera seria

Match each character with their description as seen in Verdi's Rigoletto.

Maddalena Correct label: Sparafucile's sister Sparafucile Correct label: assassin Gilda Correct label: Rigoletto's daughter Rigoletto Correct label: court jester

Who managed the American debut tour of international singing sensation Jenny Lind?

P. T. Barnum

Giuseppe Verdi was viewed as an Italian nationalist composer.

True

Musical theater has been a form of entertainment in China for centuries

True

Musical theater in China suffered greatly during Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution.

True

The bel canto style of singing is characterized by florid melodic lines.

True

What is the literary basis for Verdi's Rigoletto?

a play by Victor Hugo

What is the historical setting of Rigoletto?

an Italian court during the Renaissance era

Which of the following are traditional Chinese instruments and which are not?

erhu yang qin pipa

How was Verdi's music considered a national soundtrack for a new Italian spirit?

his operatic stories were read as calls for liberation combination of appealing melodies and intense drama

The form of the aria "La donna è mobile" from Verdi's Rigoletto is -.

strophic

In the nineteenth century, opera excerpts were marketed to domestic consumers via which?

voice and guitar arrangements wind band medleys four-hand piano arrangements

The operas of - marked the high point of the bel canto singing style, which is characterized by florid - lines.

Rossini melodic

Which of these operas marked the high point of the singing style known as bel canto and which did not?

Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini's Guillaume Tell

In nineteenth-century Italy, audiences favored both the opera seria and opera - styles and the use of - singing.

buffa bel canto