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