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StageAgent Quizzes

  1. How many operas did Verdi write?
    1. 5
    2. 17
    3. 2
    4. 26
  2. What opera takes place during Caesar's occupation of Gaul?
    1. Norma
    2. Carmen
    3. Don Giovanni
    4. Albert Herring
  3. What operatic heroine deliberately gets herself murdered to save her lover's life?
    1. Adelia in Adelia
    2. Alcina in Alcina
    3. Gilda in Rigolleto
    4. Odabella in Attila
  4. Which opera is based on a play by Shakespeare?
    1. Adriana Lecouvreur
    2. Falstaff
    3. Dantons Tod
    4. Carmen
  5. How many operas did Donizetti write?
    1. At least 65
    2. At least 22
    3. At least 6
    4. At least 80
  6. Who in which opera sings "O Cielie Azzuriâ" an aria describing Ethiopia?
    1. Carmen in Carmen
    2. Norma in Norma
    3. Genoveva in Genoveva
    4. Aida in Aida
  7. Which character strums a mandolin and sings a serenade to a servant girl after first enticing her mistress out of the house?
    1. Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni
    2. Giulio Cesare in Giulio Cesare
    3. Idomeneo in Idomeneo
    4. Paul Bunyan in Paul Bunyan
  8. Which character stated "I am resolved to pursue to the end my adventure with my beautiful unknown lady"?
    1. Hel Helson in Paul Bunyan
    2. Porgy in Porgy and Bess
    3. The Duke in Rigoletto
    4. Antonio in Le Nozze de Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
  9. Name the lovers who sing about leaving Paris to find happiness in the country.
    1. Violetta and Alfredo in La Traviata.
    2. Figaro and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro
    3. Lucretia and Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia
    4. Magda and Ruggero in La Rondine (The Swallow)
  10. How many operas did Wagner write?
    1. 26
    2. 13
    3. 4
    4. 18
  11. If Lenora in Fidelio decided to sing her role in the language of her native country, what would the language be?
    1. French
    2. Gaelic
    3. Russian
    4. Spanish
  12. Name the opera in which the Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris are mentioned.
    1. Norma
    2. The Magic Flute
    3. Romeo and Juliet
    4. Doctor Atomic
  13. If Isolde in "Tristand and Isolde" decided to sing her role in the language of her native country, what would that language be?
    1. Gaelic
    2. Portuguese
    3. English
    4. Spanish
  14. "A plague o' both your houses" is a quotation from a play by Shakespeare which has been made into an opera. Name the opera.
    1. Falstaff
    2. Macbeth
    3. Romeo and Juliet
    4. Otello
  15. "It is too full o' the milk of human kindness" is a quotation from a play by Shakespeare which has been made into an opera. Name the opera.
    1. Falstaff
    2. Macbeth
    3. Romeo and Juliet
    4. Otello
  16. "I will wear my heart upon my sleeve" is a quotation from a play by Shakespeare which has been made into an opera. Name the opera.
    1. Otello
    2. Macbeth
    3. Romeo and Juliet
    4. Don Carlos