Chapter 32
Which Verdi opera is set in Egypt?
Aida
Which is NOT a Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play?
Aida
How many operas make up The Ring of the Nibelung?
Four
Which term refers to Wagner's concept of a total artwork, encompassing all the arts.
Gesamkunstwerk
Which opera did Verdi write based on the story of the king of Babylon?
Nabucco
Light German opera featuring spoken dialogue is called:
Sindspiel
Esmeralda is an opera based on Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame and set by Louise Bertin, a French woman composer.
True
What is the basis for the story of Die Walküre?
a medieval German epic
The literary basis for Verdi's Rigoletto is:
a play by Victor Hugo
What is the historical setting for Rigoletto?
an Italian court, during the Renaissance era
Wagner employed recurring themes called idées fixes in his operas.
false
Which best describes the character of Wotan?
father of the gods
What "exotic" cultural group does Carmen represent?
gypsy
What did Wagner call his operas?
music drama
There are ____ Valkyries, all daughters of Wotan.
nine
Giuseppe Verdi is viewed as an Italian nationalist composer
true
Many Romantic composers looked to faraway lands or cultures for their opera plots
true
The role of the Valkyries was to carry fallen heroes from the battlefield on their winged horses.
true
Wagner had a theater built at Bayreuth specifically for the performance of his operas.
true
Late nineteenth-century Italian opera was associated with a literary movement known as:
verismo
