COMPOSER MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO TURNED THIS OSCAR WILDE PLAY INTO A 1962 OPERA

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

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Question	Answer
VERDI OPERA ABOUT AN ETHIOPIAN PRINCESS WHO IS HELD CAPTIVE IN EGYPT...	AIDA
BIZET OPERA ABOUT A YOUNG GYPSY WHO WORKS IN A CIGARETTE FACTORY IN SEVILLE...	CARMEN
CARMEN IS STABBED BY THIS MAN AT THE END OF THE OPERA...	DON JOSE
WHO WROTE "THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO" ?	MOZART
FIGARO & SUSANNA ARE SERVANTS OF THIS MAN...	COUNT ALMAVIVA
"THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO" HAS MANY OF THE SAME CHARACTERS AS THIS ROSSINI OPERA, WHICH IS A PREQUEL TO "THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO"...	THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
ROSSINI OPERA ABOUT A 14TH-CENTURY SWISS PATRIOT WHO IS TRYING TO ESCAPE THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNOR, GESSLER...	WILLIAM TELL
WHAT IS THE NAME OF WILLIAM TELL'S SON ?	JEMMY
ROSSINI OPERA BASED ON A PLAY BY FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER...	WILLIAM TELL
AT THE END OF THIS MOZART OPERA, THE TITLE CHARACTER IS TAKEN INTO HELL...	DON GIOVANNI
MOZART OPERA IN WHICH THE SERVANT LEPORELLO APPEARS...	DON GIOVANNI
RICHARD STRAUSS OPERA WHICH FEATURES THE "DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS"...	SALOME
MUSSORGSKY OPERA IN WHICH THE TITLE CHARACTER DIES IN FRONT OF THE ASSEMBLED BOYARS (NOBLEMEN)...	BORIS GODUNOV
OPERA ABOUT 4 POOR FRIENDS LIVING IN THE STUDENTS' QUARTER OF PARIS...MARCELLO, RODOLFO, COLLINE, AND SCHAUNARD...	LA BOHEME
WHO WROTE THE OPERA LA BOHEME?	PUCCINI
IN LA BOHEME, THIS CHARACTER DIES OF TUBERCULOSIS....	MIMI
OPERA WHICH WAS THE BASIS OF THE HIT 1996 MUSICAL "RENT" BY JONATHAN LARSON...	LA BOHEME
THIS FINN'S ONLY OPERA, "THE MAIDEN IN THE TOWER", HAD A LIBRETTO IN SWEDISH	SEBELIUS
THE ROLE PLACIDO DOMINGO HAS PLAYED MORE THAN ANY OTHER IS CAVARADOSSI IN THIS PUCCINI OPERA	TOSCA
IN ACT II OF THIS VERDI OPERA, A BAND OF GYPSIES SINGS THE "ANVIL CHORUS", ONE OF OPERA'S MOST FAMILIAR NUMBERS	IL TROVATORE
FEATURES THE SONGS "THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT" AND "ALL I ASK OF YOU"	THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
ANDRE GRETRY, "THE MOLIERE OF MUSIC", COMPOSED A 1784 OPERA ABOUT THIS CRUSADING KING	RICHARD THE LIONHEARTED
COMPOSER DOUGLAS MOORE TOOK FLIGHT WITH "THE WINGS OF THE DOVE", BASED ON A 1902 NOVEL BY THIS AUTHOR	HENRY JAMES
ROSSINI'S OPERA ABOUT THIS TRAGIC CHARACTER IS SUBTITLED "IL MORO DI VENEZIA"	OTHELLO
THE FULL TITLE OF THIS WAGNER OPERA INCLUDES THE WORDS "AND THE SINGING CONTEST OF THE WARTBURG"	TANNHAUSER
THIS MADRID-BORN TENOR HAS ALSO RUN A COUPLE OF OPERA COMPANIES	PLACIDO DOMINGO
THE NAME OF THIS INNOVATIVE THEATER & OPERA DIRECTOR IS JUST ONE LETTER DIFFERENT FROM A LATE BRITISH COMIC ACTOR	PETER SELLERS
IN A RECENT OPERATIC WORK, THIS OHIOAN & TALK SHOW HOST AND HIS SIDEKICK STEVE DESCEND TO HELL	JERRY SPRINGER
IT WAS A "BRAVE NEW WORLD" FOR THIS BRIT WHEN HIS "THE DEVILS OF LOUDON" WAS TURNED INTO AN OPERA IN 1969	ALDOUS HUXLEY
IT CAN BE THE TEXT OF AN ORATORIO OR AN OPERA	LIBRETTO
IN 1957 THIS SISTER OF MARIA TALLCHIEF JOINED THE PARIS OPERA BALLET AS AN ETOILE, THE FIRST AMERICAN SO HONORED	MAJORIE TALLCHIEF
FIRST PERFORMED IN CAIRO, THIS VERDI OPERA WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE KHEDIVE OF EGYPT	AIDA
"IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO" GOT THE LONGEST ONE OF THESE EVER: LEOPOLD II ORDERED THE WHOLE OPERA REPEATED	AN ENCORE
TCHEKALINSKY, TOMSKY, AND PRINCE YELETSKY ARE ROLES IN "THE QUEEN OF SPADES", BY THIS COMPOSER	TCHAIKOVSKY
DONNA ELVIRA IS ONE OF THE WOMEN SEDUCED BY THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS MOZART OPERA	DON GIOVANNI
THIS TITLE WAGNER HERO BLOWS A MIGHTY HORN CALL AND THEN KILLS FAFNER, WHO'S IN THE SHAPE OF A DRAGON	SIEGFRIED
THIS BEETHOVEN OPERA FEATURES THE WONDERFUL QUARTET "MIR IST SO WUNDERBAR"	FIDELIO
THIS OPERA ENDS WITH THE TITLE CHARACTER BEING KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER	LULU
IN "ZAMPA", ZAMPA THE PIRATE IS DRAGGED INTO THE SEA AND DROWNED BY ONE OF THESE	MARBLE STATUE
IN "IL TROVATORE", LEONORA ESCAPES THE CLUTCHES OF A COUNT BY DRINKING POISON FROM THIS PIECE OF JEWELRY	RING
IN AN OPERA BASED ON A PUSHKIN POEM, LENSKY CHALLENGES THIS TITLE CHARACTER TO A DUEL--BIG MISTAKE	EUGENE ONEGIN
COMPOSER MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO TURNED THIS OSCAR WILDE PLAY INTO A 1962 OPERA	THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
"MERRY WIVES" MAKE MISCHIEF IN THE VERDI OPERA NAMED FOR THIS SHAKESPEAREAN FUNSTER	FALSTAFF
FUN ABOUNDS AS A VALET PREPARES FOR HIS OWN WEDDING IN THIS 1786 MOZART OPERA	THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
THE OPERA CO. OF THIS NYC BOROUGH PERFORMS IN UNUSUAL VENUES, LIKE PEOPLE'S LIVING ROOMS	BROOKLYN
THE BEWITCHING OPERA BASED ON ARTHUR MILLER'S PLAY SET IN SALEM	THE CRUCIBLE
THE UNDERGROUND LAIR IN WHICH THE PHANTOM LURKS IS BASED ON FACT; THERE REALLY IS A LAKE BENEATH THIS FAMOUS BUILDING	THE PARIS OPERA HOUSE
IN AN 1816 OPERA, HE'S THE BARBER OF SEVILLE	FIGARO
HIS OPERA'S INCLUDE "ANNA BOLENA" AND "LUCRETIA BORGIA"	DONIZETTI
AROUND THE SAME TIME, LEONCAVALLO AND THIS MAN BOTH WROTE OPERAS BASED ON THE NOVEL "SCENES DE LA VIE BOHEME"	PUCCINI
"SALOME", THIS COMPOSER'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL OPERA, WAS BANNED IN BOSTON IN 1923	RICHARD STRAUSS
A NORWEGIAN SEA CAPTAIN IS A CHARACTER IS THIS 1843 OPERA	THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
IT'S THE CAPITAL CITY WHERE "CARMEN" COMPOSER GEORGES BIZET WAS BORN IN 1838	PARIS
A FLOP WHEN IT DEBUTED IN 1904, THIS PUCCINI OPERA SET IN NAGASAKI LATER BECAME ONE OF THE BEST-LOVED OPERAS	MADAME BUTTERFLY
INSPIRED BY HIS LOVE FOR A FRIEND'S WIFE, WAGNER COMPOSED THIS OPERA ABOUT A PAIR OF MEDIEVAL LOVERS	TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
THIS COMPOSER OF "CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA" WROTE "IL PICCOLO MARAT", ABOUT THE REIGN OF TERROR	MASCAGNI
GEORGE GERSHWIN PERSONALLY ASKED HOWARD UNIVERSITY VOICE PROFESSOR TODD DUNCAN TO ORIGINATE THIS TITLE ROLE	PORGY
GIUSEPPE GAZZANIGA AND THIS COMPOSER BASED THEIR "DON GIOVANNI" OPERAS ON THE SAME LIBRETTO	MOZART
MERLIN & MORDRED APPEAR IN CHAUSSON'S OPERA ABOUT THIS LEGENDARY KING	KING ARTHUR
THE OPERA BASED ON THIS MAURICE SENDAK BOOK FEATURES A WILD THING WITH BEARD AND A WILD THING WITH HORNS	WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
IN NICOLAI'S OPERA "THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR", HE GETS DUMPED INTO THE RIVER IN A LAUNDRY BASKET	FALSTAFF
BENIAMINO GGIGLI WAS WELL KNOWN FOR SINGING THE ROLE OF THIS SCHOLAR IN "MEFISTOFELE"	FAUST
THIS 1728 JOHN GAY "OPERA" PUT SATIRIC LYRICS TO THE TUNES OF POPULAR SONGS	THE BEGGER'S OPERA
THE DAUGHTER OF THIS NASTY CZAR IS KILLED BY ACCIDENT IN "THE MAID OF PSKOV"	IVAN THE TERRIBLE
AN EVIL OPIUM DEALER IS STRANGLED WITH HIS OWN PIGTAIL IN "L'ORACOLO", SET IN THIS CALIFORNIA CITY'S CHINATOWN	SAN FRANCISCO
IN "MARIA STUARDA", THIS WOMAN SIGNS THE DEATH WARRANT OF HER COUSIN, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS	ELIZABETH I
THE MURDERED KING NINO RETURNS AS A GHOST IN "SEMIARAMIDE" BY THIS "WILLIAM TELL" COMPOSER	ROSSINI
SCHLEMIL IS KILLED IN A DUEL IN "THE TALES OF " THIS GERMAN AUTHOR	HOFFMANN
THIS ITALIAN COMPOSER WROTE HIS OPERA "FALSTAFF" WHEN HE WAS 79 YEARS OLD	VERDI
PARIS OPERA HOUSE ARCHITECT CHARLES GARNIER ALSO DESIGNED THE WORLD-FAMOUS CASINO IN THIS TOWN	MONTE CARLO
IT'S THE GILBERT & SULLIVAN COMIC OPERA WHERE AN OLD MAJOR GENERAL SINGS HIS "MODERN" SONG	THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
HE DESIGNED THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE	JORN UTZON
A RUSSIAN PLAY BASED ON A FOLK TALE INSPIRED "THE SNOW MAIDEN", AN OPERA BY THIS "SHEHERAZADE" COMPOSER	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
A DANCE IN THE 1786 OPERA "UNA COSA RARA" POPULARIZED THIS WALTZ STYLE NAMED FOR A CITY	VIENNESE WALTZ
THIS COMPOSER FINISHED JUST 3 SCENES OF "OLAV TRYGVASON"; THEY'RE SOMETIMES PERFORMED AS A CANTATA	GRIEG
MAKE AND EXODUS FROM THE THEATER AFTER SEEING SCHOENBERG'S INCOMPLETE OPERA ABOUT THIS MAN AND HIS BROTHER	MOSES
BIONDELLO HIDES INSIDE A MECHANICAL GOOSE IN MOZART'S UNFINISHED OPERA "THE GOOSE OF" THIS EGYPTIAN CITY	CAIRO
LET'S WAX PHILOSOPHICAL AND WONDER WHY ROUSSEAU LEFT ONLY FRAGMENTS OF HIS OPERA ABOUT DAPHNIS AND HER	CHLOE
SMETANA'S "VIOLA", WITH JUST 365 BARS OF MUSIC, IS BASED ON THIS PLAY	TWELFTH NIGHT
THIS EXUBERANT ITALIAN WHO DIED IN 2007 SANG FOR 500,000 OPERA LOVERS IN CENTRAL PARK IN 1993	PAVOROTTI
IN THE OPERA "BROKEN STRINGS", A SOPRANO PLAYS A FISH AND A TENOR PLAYS ONE OF THESE PROUD FAN-TAILED BIRDS	PEACOCK
PRINCESS NINETTA IS BRIEFLY TRANSFORMED INTO A RAT IN "THE LOVE FOR THREE" OF THESE	ORANGES
IN "THE WRECKERS", MARK & THIRZA ARE CONDEMNED TO DIE THIS WAY IN A CAVE WHEN THE TIDE RISES	DROWNING
THIS HEROINE OF A 1915 SCHILLING OPERA SHARES HER NAME WITH A LADY PAINTED BY LEONARDO	MONA LISA
"IL RE PASTORE" DRAMATIZES A LEGEND ABOUT THIS CONQUEROR KNOWN IN THE OPERA AS ALESSANDRO	ALEXANDER THE GREAT
THIS CHICKEN AND PASTA DISH IS NAMED FOR AN OPERA STAR	CHICKEN TETRAZZINI
PUSHKIN'S MASTERPIECE, THE VERSE NOVEL "EUGENE ONEGIN", WAS TURNED INTO AN OPERA BY THIS FELLOW RUSSIAN	TCHAIKOVSKY
THE TITLE FIGURE OF THIS PUCCINI OPERA IS CIO-CIO SAN	MADAME BUTTERFLY
THIS TITLE TEMPTRESS OF AN 1875 OPERA WORKS IN A CIGARETTE FACTORY	CARMEN
AMNERIS, DAUGHTER OF PHAROAH, HAS AN ETHIOPIAN SLAVE GIRL___HER	AIDA
GILD, THE DAUGHTER OF THIS HUNCHBACK, FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE LICENTIOUS DUKE OF MANTUA, WITH DIRE CONSEQUENCES	RIGOLETTO
TANNHEUSER AND LOHENGRIN ARE KNIGHTS; THIS TITLE CHARACTER OF ANOTHER WAGNER OPERA IS A "PURE FOOL"	PARSIFAL
POIGNANT, GIVEN PAGLIACCIO'S PROFESSION, THE LINE "RIDI PAGLIACCIO" MEANS TO DO THIS, PAGLIACCIO	LAUGH
RODOLFO BURNS HIS POEMS TO KEEP THE STOVE GOING IN ACT I OF THIS PUCCINI WORK	LA BOHEME
IT'S THE "MIRTHFUL" OPERA HOUSE THAT PREMIERED "CARMEN", OR THE FRENCH TERM FOR THE TYPE OF OPERA "CARMEN" IS	OPERA COMIQUE
VERONA-BORN TENOR NINO MARTINI PERFORMED BRILLIANTLY AT THIS NYC LOCATION FROM 1933-1946	METROPOLITAN OPERA
BORN IN VERONA, GAETANO ROSSI WAS FAMOUS FOR WRITING MORE THAN 120 OF THESE OPERA STORYLINES	LIBRETTOS
SUSANNA THE MAID IS THE BRIDE IN THIS MOZART OPERA	THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
THE NAME OF THIS VERDI OPERA MEANS "THE FALLEN WOMAN"	LA TRAVIATA
PUCCINI'S LAST OPERA, IT'S SET IN PEKING	TURANDOT
"LA BISBETICA DOMINATA" WAS BASED ON THIS SHAKESPEARE PLAY	THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
THIS 1892 LEONCAVALLO WORK HAS A PLAY WITHIN THE OPERA	PAGLIACCI
THE FINAL ACT OF THIS OPERA TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE A BULLRING, WHERE THE HEROINE IS STABBED TO DEATH	CARMEN (5318)
ESCAMILLO, A MATADOR	CARMEN
RAMFIS, THE HIGH PRIEST OF ISIS	AIDA
SUZUKI, A GEISHA'S SERVANT	MADAME BUTTERFLY
HEROD & JOKANAAN (JOHN THE BAPTIST)	SALOME
TONIO & BEPPE, A COUPLE OF CLOWNS	PAGLIACCI
THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS PUCCINI OPERA IS AN OPERA SINGER	TOSCA
THIS TITLE CHARACTER OF A MUSICAL SOMETIMES SIGNS NOTES WITH THE INITIALS O.G. FOR OPERA GHOST	THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
DONNA ELVIRA IS ONE OF THE WOMEN SEDUCED BY THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS MOZART OPERA	DON GIOVANNI
SHE'S THE QUEEN WHO CAPTIVATES THE OPERATIC TITLE CHARACTER GIULIO CESARE	CLEOPATRA
THE OPERA/ORATORIO TITLE CHARACTER SEMELE HAS THE HOTS FOR JUPITER, DISPLEASING THIS WIFE OF THE GOD	JUNO
IN AN 1893 OPERA, PETER IS THE FATHER OF THESE GINGERBREAD-GORGERS	HANSEL & GRETEL
JOE IS A GAMBLER IN HIS EARLY OPERA "BLUE MONDAY"; SPORTIN' LIFE IS A GAMBLER IN HIS LATER "PORGY AND BESS"	GERSHWIN
DON JOSE IS A SOLDIER IN LOVE WITH THIS BIZET BOMBSHELL	CARMEN
BOSONI'S OPERA ABOUT THIS CRUEL CHINESE PRINCESS ISN'T NEARLY AS FAMOUS AS PUCCINI'S	TURANDOT
IN A GLUCK OPERA, THIS MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTER IS LAMENTING THE LOSS OF HIS BELOVED	ORPHEUS
THIS "VANITY FAIR" CHARACTER IS THE DAUGHTER OF AN ARTIST AND A FRENCH OPERA GIRL	BECKY SHARP
VERDI'S FIRST COMIC OPERA WAS A FLOP; IT WAS 50 YEARS BEFORE HE WROTE HIS SECOND, ABOUT HIS SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER	FALSTAFF
THIS MOZART OPERA OPENS WITH THE TITLE CHARACTER ON THE PROWL FOR DONNA ANNA	DON GIOVANNI
THE CATHOLIC MARGUERITE DE VALOIS IS A PIVOTAL CHARACTER IN THE 1836 OPERA NAMED FOR THESE FRENCH PROTESTANTS	HUGUENOTS
THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS 1816 OPERA IS IN SERVICE WITH THE VENETIAN ARMY	OTHELLO
DICK DEADEYE, A SAILOR; ADMIRAL SIR JOSEPH PORTER; CAPTAIN CORCORAN	HMS PINAFORE
NARRABOTH, HERODIAS, JOHN THE BAPTIST	SALOME
KLINGSOR, A SORCERER; AMFORTAS, KEEPER OF THE GRAIL; GURNEMANZ, A KNIGHT	PARSIFAL
BEPPE, SILVIO, CANIO THE HEAD CLOWN	RIGOLETTO
KING SOLOMON IS A CHARACTER IN "LA REINE DE SABA", AN OPERA ABOUT THE QUEEN OF THIS PLACE	SHEBA
FIGARO IS THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS 1816 ROSSINI OPERA	THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
THIS TITLE CHARACTER PERFORMS THE DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS FOR HEROD IN AN OPERA BY RICHARD STRAUSS	SALOME
IT'S THE TITLE OCCUPATION SHARED BY OPERA CHARACTERS "OF BAGHDAD" AND "OF SEVILLE"	BARBER
THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS VERDI OPERA IS A HUNCHBACKED COURT JESTER	RIGOLETTO
CHARACTERS IN THIS BIZET OPERA INCLUDE A TOREADOR, A GYPSY GIRL, AND CIGARETTE FACTORY GIRLS	CARMEN
CHOU EN-LAI AND CHIANG CH'ING ARE CHARACTERS IN AN OPERA ABOUT THIS MAN "IN CHINA"	NIXON
LORD LECHERY, MADAM WANTON, AND MADAM BUBBLE ARE ALL CHARACTERS IN THE 1951 OPERA BASED ON THIS JOHN BUNYAN WORK	PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
HIS TRAGICOMEDY "SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR" INSPIRED A MODERN OPERA BY HUGO WEISGALL	PIRANDELLO
IN THE 1984 MOVIE OF A BIZET OPERA, PLACIDO WAS DON JOSE AND JULIA MIGENES-JOHNSON WAS THIS TITLE CHARACTER	CARMEN
THIS THACKERAY CHARACTER IS THE ORPHANED DAUGHTER OF AN ARTIST AND A FRENCH OPERA GIRL	BECKY SHARP
IN THIS VERDI OPERA, THE KING OF ETHIOPIA IS A BARITONE ROLE WHILE THE KING OF EGYPT IS A BASS	AIDA
HER UNCLE THE BONZE CURSES HER FOR RENOUNCING HER RELIGION TO MARRY LT. B.F. PINKERTON	MADAME BUTTERFLY
IN A BORODIN OPERA, THIS TITLE PRINCE HAS A WIFE NAMED YAROSLAVNA	PRINCE IGOR
IN FLOTOW'S OPERA "MARTHA", LADY HARRIET IS A LADY-IN-WAITING TO THIS LAST STUART QUEEN OF ENGLAND	ANNE
ANGELS GUARD THIS DUO WHILE THEY SLEEP IN THE FOREST IN AN 1893 OPERA	HANSEL & GRETEL
THIS AZTEC IS THE TITLE CHARACTER IN OPERAS BY KARL HEINRICH AND ROGER SESSIONS	MONTEZUMA
PING, PANG, AND PONG ARE CHARACTERS IN THIS PUCCINI OPERA SET IN PEKING	TURANDOT
MINNIE, A SALOON OWNER, IS THE TITLE CHARACTER IN THIS PUCCINI OPERA	THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST
HIS SON, NANKI-POO, POSES AS A MINSTREL AND LATER WEDS YUM-YUM	THE MIKADO
IN "THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG", SIEGFRIED BRAVED A RING OF FIRE TO SAVE THIS GODDESS	BRUNHILDE
HE WAS THE CRIPPLED 12-YEAR-OLD TITLE CHARACTER IN THE FIRST OPERA WRITTEN FOR TV	AMAHL
THEY WERE THE SON AND DAUGHTER OF PETER, A POOR BROOM MAKER, AND GERTRUDE, HIS WIFE	HANSEL & GRETEL
AT THE END OF "I PAGLIACCI", THIS CLOWN STABS HIS WIFE, NEDDA, AND HER LOVER, SILVIO	CANIO
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN WROTE AN OPERA BASED ON THIS SIR WALTER SCOTT CHARACTER	IVANHOE
THIS QUEEN IS A LEADING CHARACTER IN THE EPIC 20TH-C. OPERA "CHRISTOPHE COLOMB"	QUEEN ISABELLA
WHEN THIS GYPSY GIRL SPURNS DON JOSE'S AFFECTION, HE STABS HER WITH A DAGGER	CARMEN
HE WAS "THE BARBER OF SEVILLE" PRIOR TO BECOMING COUNT ALMAVIVA'S VALET	FIGARO
HE'S THE HUNCHBACK JESTER TO THE DUKE OF MANTUA IN A VERDI OPERA	RIGOLETTO
SATAN, USING THIS NAME, APPEARS TO FAUST AND AGREES TO GIVE HIM YOUTH IN RETURN FOR HIS SOUL	MEPHISTOPHELES
CIO-CIO SAN, THE GEISHA IN LOVE WITH NAVY LT. PINKERTON, IS BETTER KNOWN BY THIS NICKNAME	MADAME BUTTERFLY
THESE TITLE CHARACTERS OF A CLASSIC OPERATIC WORK ARE A BUNCH OF MYTHICAL DWARVES	THE NIEBELUNG
THIS TITLE HORROR CHARACTER WAS CREATED BY ITS AUTHOR AT 6 ROYAL CRESCENT IN THE RESORT OF WHITBY IN YORKSHIRE	DRACULA (BRAM STOKER)
FROM THE FRENCH FOR "OPENING", IT'S THE MUSIC PLAYED BEFORE THE OPERA BEGINS	OVERTURE
THE "DI SORTITA" TYPE OF THIS SOLO IS SUNG BY A CHARACTER ABOUT TO MAKE AN EXIT...SOMETIMES NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON	ARIA
"I GOT PLENTY O' NUTTIN" IS A SONG FROM THIS AMERICAN OPERA	PORGY & BESS
THIS OPERA ENDS WAGNER'S "RING" CYCLE	TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
YURI SHAPORIN'S 1925 OPERA "THE DECEMBRISTS" WAS SET IN THIS COUNTRY 100 YEARS EARLIER	RUSSIA
1977'S "ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN" TELLS THE STORY OF THE SPANIARDS' 16TH-C. CONQUEST OF THIS EMPIRE	INCAN EMPIRE
IN ACT 3 OF AN 1846 VERDI OPERA, THIS "SCOURGE OF GOD" IS STABBED TO DEATH BY HIS LOVER ODABELLA	ATTILA THE HUN
THEA MUSGRAVE'S OPERA ABOUT HER, "HARRIET, A WOMAN CALLED MOSES", HAS 2 ACTS: "FROM BONDAGE" AND "TO FREEDOM"	HARRIET TUBMAN
EXCEPT FOR A CONCERT VERSION, MASSENET'S OPERA OF THIS 11TH-C. CASTILLIAN HERO WASN'T STAGED FROM 1902 TO 1999	EL CID
THIS 1791 WORK IS CONSIDERED THE GREATEST EXAMPLE IN MUSIC HISTORY OF THE ZAUBEROPER, OR "MAGIC OPERA"	THE MAGIC FLUTE
LONDON'S ROYAL OPERA HOUSE TRACES ITS HISTORY BACK TO A 1728 PERFORMANCE OF THIS JOHN GAY "OPERA"	"THE BEGGAR'S OPERA"
IN AN OPERA BASED ON HISTORY, THE PHARAOH AKHENATEN GIVES UP POLYGAMY FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL QUEEN	NEFERTITI
SPONTINI'S 1809 OPERA "FERNAND CORTEZ" IS ALSO CALLED "THE CONQUEST OF" THIS COUNTRY	MEXICO
IN "MARIA STUARDA", THIS QUEEN ORDERS MARY STUART'S EXECUTION AFTER MARY CALLS HER A "BASTARDA"	ELIZABETH I
BIZET & RIMSKY-KORSAKOV BOTH WROTE FINE OPERAS ABOUT THIS CZAR	IVAN THE TERRIBLE
MEYERBEER'S OPERA "LES HUGUENOTS" TAKES PLACE IN 1572 IN TOURAINE AND IN THIS CAPITAL CITY	PARIS
THE FAMOUS ARIA KNOWN AS "HANDEL'S LARGO" IS SUNG IN "SERSE", A 1738 OPERA ABOUT THIS GREAT RULER	XERXES
THIS OPERA HOUSE IN MILAN HAS A MUSEUM DEVOTED TO ITS HISTORY	LA SCALA
YOU NEED A MEZZO TO PLAY THIS BEAUTIFUL QUEEN IN PHILLIP GLASS'S OPERA "AKHENATON"	NEFERTITI
THIS AZTEC IS THE TITLE CHARACTER IS OPERAS BY KARL HEINRICH BRAUN AND ROGER SESSIONS	MONTEZUMA
THIS PORTUGUESE EXPLORER FALLS IN LOVE WITH AN AFRICAN CAPTIVE IS MEYERBEER'S OPERA "L'AFRICAINE"	VASCO DA GAMA
AT THE END OF DONIZETTI'S OPERA "ANNA BOLENA", THIS WOMAN IS HENRY VIII'S NEW QUEEN	JANE SEYMOUR
ON JAN.7, 1955, SHE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST BLACK IN A MAJOR ROLE AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA	MARIAN ANDERSON
IN 2006 THIS SHOW BASED ON A 1911 WORK BECAME THE LONGEST-RUNNING SHOW IN BROADWAY HISTORY	THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A 1920S DISCOVERY PROVED THAT SOME OF THE INSTRUMENTS USED IN THIS 1871 OPERA WERE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE	"AIDA"
CRIPPLED BEGGAR SAMMY SMALLS, WHO TRAVELED IN A GOAT CART, INSPIRED A TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS OPERA SET ON CATFISH ROW	PORGY AND BESS
IN VARIOUS VERSIONS OF "OTHELLO", SHE'S SMOTHERED, STRANGLED, OR STABBED TO DEATH	DESDEMONA
YUM-YUM, WHO IS DUE TO MARRY KO-KO, FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE MINSTREL NANKI-POO IN THIS OPERETTA	THE MIKADO
A ONE-ACT OPERA BASED ON AN EPISODE IN "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" IS CALLED THIS WOMAN'S "WEDDING NIGHT"	MISS HAVISHAM
THIS WIDOWER AND HUNCHBACK IS THE COURT JESTER TO THE DUKE OF MANTUA	RIGOLETTO
CHARACTERS IN THIS JOHN ADAMS OPERA INCLUDE CHOU EN-LAI, CHAIRMAN MAO, AND HENRY KISSINGER	NIXON IN CHINA
WORKING-CLASS CHARACTERS SEEK REDEMPTION IN THIS ROCK OPERA BASED ON A GREEN DAY ALBUM	AMERICAN IDIOT
THIS EXPLORER TURNS UP AS A CHARACTER IN "A NIGHT AT THE CHINESE OPERA"	MARCO POLO
1875: ESCAMILLO, A MATADOR	CARMEN
1871: RAMFIS, THE HIGH PRIEST OF ISIS	AIDA
1904: SUZUKI, A GEISHA'S SERVANT	MADAME BUTTERFLY
1905: HEROD & JOKANAAN (JOHN THE BAPTIST)	SALOME
1892: TONIO AND BEPPE, A COUPLE OF CLOWNS	I PAGLIACCI
GERTRUDE S., A CHARACTER IN "THE MOTHER OF US ALL", IS REALLY THIS WOMAN WHO WROTE THE OPERA'S LIBRETTO	GERTRUDE STEIN
THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS PUCCINI OPERA IS AN OPERA SINGER	TOSCA
ROSSINI'S OPERA ABOUT THIS TRAGIC CHARACTER IS SUBTITLED "IL MORO DI VENIZIA"	OTHELLO
DONNA ELVIRA IS ONE OF THE WOMEN SEDUCED BY THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS MOZART OPERA	DON GIOVANNI
THIS TITLE CHARACTER OF A MUSICAL SOMETIMES SIGNS NOTES WITH THE INITIALS O.G., FOR "OPERA GHOST"	THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
IN AN OPERA BASED ON A PUSHKIN POEM, LENSKY CHALLENGES THIS TITLE CHARACTER TO A DUEL...BIG MISTAKE!	EUGENE ONEGIN
A NORWEGIAN SEA CAPTAIN IS A CHARACTER IN THIS 1843 OPERA	THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
IN AN ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER SHOW, NAIVE LITTLE CHRISTINE THINKS THAT THIS TITLE CHARACTER IS THE "ANGEL OF MUSIC"	THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
TANNHEUSER & LOHENGRIN ARE KNIGHTS; THIS TITLE CHARACTER OF ANOTHER WAGNER OPERA IS A "PURE FOOL"	PARSIFAL
SHE OPERA/ORATORIO TITLE CHARACTER SEMELE HAS THE HOTS FOR JUPITER, DISPLEASING THIS WIFE OF THE GOD	JUNO
IN AN 1893 OPERA, PETER IS THE FATHER OF THESE GINGERBREAD GORGERS	HANSEL & GRETEL
JOE IS A GAMBLER IN HIS EARLY OPERA "BLUE MONDAY"; "SPORTIN' LIFE" IS A GAMBLER IN HIS LATER "PORGY AND BESS"	GEORGE GERSHWIN
DON JOSE IS A SOLDIER IN LOVE WITH THIS BIZET BOMBSHELL	CARMEN
BUSONI'S OPERA ABOUT THIS CRUEL CHINESE PRINCESS ISN'T NEARLY AS FAMOUS AS PUCCINI'S	TURANDOT
IN A GLUCK OPERA, THIS MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTER IS LAMENTING THE LOSS OF HIS BELOVED	ORPHEUS
THIS "VANITY FAIR" CHARACTER IS THE DAUGHTER OF AN ARTIST AND A FRENCH OPERA GIRL	BECKY SHARP
VERDI'S FIRST COMIC OPERA WAS A FLOP; IT WAS 50 YEARS BEFORE HE WROTE HIS SECOND, ABOUT HIS SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER	FALSTAFF
THIS MOZART OPERA OPENS WITH THE TITLE CHARACTER ON THE PROWL FOR DONNA ANNA	DON GIOVANNI
THE CATHOLIC MARGUERITE DE VALOIS IS A PIVOTAL CHARACTER IN THE 1836 OPERA NAMED FOR THESE FRENCH PROTESTANTS	THE HUGUENOTS
AN OPERA CHARACTER IS TRANSFORMED INTO A BEE IN THIS CLASSICAL WORK	"THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE"
THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS 1816 OPERA IS IN SERVICE WITH THE VENETIAN ARMY	OTHELLO
DICK DEADEYE, A SAILOR; ADMIRAL SIR JOSEPH PORTER; CAPTAIN CORCORAN	HMS PINAFORE
NARRABOTH, HERODIAS, JOHN THE BAPTIST	SALOME
KLINGSOR, A SORCERER; AMFORTAS, KEEPER OF THE GRAIL; GURNEMANZ, A KNIGHT	PARSIFAL
BEPPE, SILVIO, CANIO THE HEAD CLOWN	I PAGLIACCI
THE DUKE OF MANTUA, GILDA, COUNT MONTERONE	RIGOLETTO
KING SOLOMAN'S IS A CHARACTER IN "LE REINE DE SABA", AN OPERA ABOUT THE QUEEN OF THIS PLACE	SHEBA
FAFNIR, A DRAGON	SIEGFRIED
ACT I OF A BIZET OPERA TAKES PLACE IN A SEVILLE SQUARE NEAR A CIGARETTE FACTORY WHERE THIS TITLE CHARACTER WORKS	CARMEN
ESCAMILIO, A BULLFIGHTER; MERCEDES, A GYPSY GIRL; DON JOSE, A SOLDIER	CARMEN
CIO-CIO SAN, A JAPANESE WOMAN; LIEUTENANT PINKERTON, USN; SUZUKI, A SERVANT	MADAME BUTTERFLY
THE KING OF EGYPT; RADAMES, A SOLDIER; RAMFIS, THE HIGH PRIEST	AIDA
COUNT ALMAVIVA; FIGARO; ROSINA	THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
MARCELLO, A PAINTER; MIMI, A FLOWER GIRL; RODOLFO, A POET	LA BOHEME
IF THIS HEROINE HAD MARRIED PRINCE YAMADORI, THERE MIGHT NOT BE THAT NASTY SUICIDE IN THE END	MADAME BUTTERFLY
SOME MERRY WIVES DRESS UP LIKE FAIRIES IN VERDI'S 1893 OPERA NAMED FOR THIS SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTER	FALSTAFF
PAINTINGS IN THE SINGERS' HALL AT NEUSCHWANSTEIN DEPICT THIS KNIGHT WHO SOUGHT THE HOLY GRAIL AND INSPIRED AN OPERA	PARSIFAL
THE TITLE CHARACTERS OF THIS OPERA ARE A POOR BOY, KING KASPAR, KING MELCHIOR, AND KING BALTHAZAR	AMAHL & THE NIGHT VISITORS
MARENKA, WHOSE PARENTS BETROTH HER TO A MAN SHE HAS NEVER MET, IS THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS SMETANA OPERA	THE BARTERED BRIDE
FIGARO IS THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS 1816 ROSSINI OPERA	THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
THIS TITLE CHARACTER PERFORMS THE DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS FOR HEROD IN AN OPERA BY RICHARD STRAUSS	SALOME
THIS CINCINNATI GAL'S PROFESSIONAL NAME COMES FROM CHARACTERS IN A FILM BASED ON A BIZET OPERA AND IN A GREEK MYTH	CARMEN ELEKTRA
IT'S THE TITLE OCCUPATION SHARED BY OPERA CHARACTERS "OF BAGHDAD" AND "OF SEVILLE"	BARBER
THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS VERDI OPERA IS A HUNCHBACKED COURT JESTER	RIGOLETTO
CHARACTERS IN THIS BIZET OPERA INCLUDE A TOREADOR, A GYPSY, AND CIGARETTE FACTORY GIRLS	CARMEN
LORD LECHERY, MADAM WANTON, AND MADAM BUBBLE ARE ALL CHARACTERS IN THE 1951 OPERA BASED ON THIS JOHN BUNYAN WORK	"PILGRIM'S PROGRESS"
HIS TRAGICOMEDY, "SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR" INSPIRED A MODERN OPERA BY HUGO WEISGALL	PIRANDELLO
IN THE 1984 MOVIE OF A BIZET OPERA, PLACIDO DOMINGO WAS DON JOSE AND JULIA MIGENES-JOHNSON WAS THIS TITLE CHARACTER	CARMEN
THIS THACKERAY CHARACTER IS THE ORPHANED DAUGHTER OF AN ARTIST AND A FRENCH OPERA GIRL	BECKY SHARP
IN THIS VERDI OPERA, THE KING OF ETHIOPIA IS A BARITONE WHILE THE KING OF EGYPT IS A BASS	AIDA
HER UNCLE THE BONZE CURSES HER FOR RENOUNCING HER RELIGION TO MARRY LT. PINKERTON	MADAME BUTTERFLY
IN A BORODIN OPERA, THIS TITLE PRINCE HAS A WIFE NAMED YAROSLAVNA	PRINCE IGOR
IN FLOTOW'S OPERA "MARTHA", LADY HARRIET IS A LADY-IN-WAITING TO THIS LAST STUART QUEEN OF ENGLAND	QUEEN ANNE
ANGELS GUARD THIS DUO WHILE THEY SLEEP IN THE FOREST IN AN 1893 OPERA	HANSEL & GRETEL
THE TITLE CHARACTER IN THIS VERDI OPERA IS A HUNCHBACKED JESTER	RIGOLETTO
THIS TITLE CHARACTER SINGS A SPANISH SONG CALLED THE SEGUIDILLA IN ACT I OF A BIZET OPERA	CARMEN
PING, PANG, AND PONG ARE CHARACTERS IN THIS PUCCINI OPERA SET IN PEKING	TURANDOT
MINNIE, A SALOON OWNER IS THE TITLE CHARACTER IN THIS PUCCINI OPERA	THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST
HIS SON, NANKI-POO, POSES AS A MINSTREL AND LATER WEDS YUM-YUM	THE MIKADO
IN "THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG", SIEGFRIED BRAVED A RING OF FIRE TO SAVE THIS GODDESS	BRUNHILDE
HE WAS THE CRIPPLED 12-YEAR-OLD TITLE CHARACTER IN THE FIRST OPERA WRITTEN FOR TELEVISON	AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
THEY WERE THE SON & DAUGHTER OF PETER, A POOR BROOM MAKER AND HIS WIFE, GERTRUDE	HANSEL & GRETEL
AT THE END OF "I PAGLIACCI", THIS CLOWN STABS HIS WIFE, NEDDA, AND HER LOVER, SILVIO	CANIO
SULLIVAN, OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN, WROTE AN OPERA BASED ON THIS WALTER SCOTT CHARACTER	IVANHOE
THIS QUEEN IS A LEADING CHARACTER IN THE EPIC 20TH-C. OPERA "CHISTOPHE COLOMB"	ISABELLA
WHEN THIS GYPSY GIRL SPURNS DON JOSE'S AFFECTION, HE KILLS HER WITH A DAGGER	CARMEN
HE WAS "THE BARBER OF SEVILLE" PRIOR TO BECOMING COUNT ALMAVIVA'S VALET	FIGARO
HE'S THE HUNCHBACKED JESTER TO THE DUKE OF MANTUA IN A VERDI OPERA	RIGOLETTO
SATAN, USING THIS NAME, APPEARS TO FAUST AND AGREES TO GIVE HIME YOUTH IN RETURN FOR HIS SOUL	MEPHISTOPHELES
CIO-CIO-SAN IS BETTER KNOWN BY THIS NICKNAME	MADAME BUTTERFLY
THESE TITLE CHARACTERS OF A CLASSIC OPERATIC WORK ARE A BUNCH OF MYTHICAL DWARVES	THE NIBELUNG
BORN IN VERNOA IN 1743, COMPOSER GIUSEPPE GAZZANIGA WROTE MANY OPERA BUFFAS, KNOWN BY THIS 2-WORD TERM IN ENGLISH	COMIC OPERA
THIS COMPOSER OF SYMPHONIES, OPERAS, & BALLETS, STUDIED TO BE A LAWYER IN ST. PETERSBURG	TCHAIKOVSKY
IN 1864 THIS OPERA COMPOSER WROTE AN "HOMAGE MARCH" FOR BRASS BAND TO HONOR HIS PATRON, KING LUDWIG	WAGNER
"THE SECRET" IS A CHARMING COMIC OPERA BY THIS CZECH COMPOSER OF "THE BARTERED BRIDE"	SMETANA
KATHLEEN BATTLE'S DEBUT WITH THE METROPOLITAN OPERA WAS AS THE SHEPHERD IN THIS COMPOSER'S "TANNHAUSER"	WAGNER
ANDRE GRETRY, "THE MOLIERE OF MUSIC", COMPOSED A 1784 OPERA ABOUT THIS CRUSADING KING	RICHARD THE LIONHEARTED
COMPOSER MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDECSO WENT "WILDE" AND TURNED THIS OSCAR WILDE PLAY INTO A 1962 OPERA	THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
"SALOME", THIS COMPOSER'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL OPERA, WAS BANNED IN BOSTON IN 1923	RICHARD STRAUSS
INSPIRED BY HIS LOVE FOR A FRIEND'S WIFE, WAGNER COMPOSED THIS OPERA ABOUT A PAIR OF MEDIEVAL LOVERS	TRISTAN & ISOLDE
THIS COMPOSER OF "CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA" WROTE "IL PICCOLO MARAT", A SADLY NEGLECTED OPERA ABOUT THE REIGN OF TERROR	MASCAGNI
GIUSEPPE GAZZANIGA AND THIS COMPOSER BASED THEIR "DON GIOVANNI" OPERAS ON THE SAME LIBRETTO	MOZART
THIS ITALIAN COMPOSER WROTE HIS OPERA "FALSTAFF" WHEN HE WAS 79 YEARS OLD	VERDI
THE GERMAN STAMP ISSUED ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS COMPOSER'S DEATH, DEPICTED HIS OPERA "SALOME"	RICHARD STRAUSS
A RUSSIAN PLAY BASED ON A FOLK TALE INSPIRED "THE SNOW MAIDEN", AN OPERA BY THIS "SCHEHERAZADE" COMPOSER	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
19TH-C. FRENCH OPERA COMPOSER OF "THE PEARL FISHERS" AND "THE FAIR MAID OF PIERROT", AMONG OTHERS	BIZET
THIS "AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS" COMPOSER WROTE HIS FIRST OPERA, "THE DEATH OF PIERROT", AT AGE 11	GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
SADLY, THIS POLISH-FRENCH COMPOSER DIED IN 1849, NEVER HAVING WRITTEN A SYMPHONY OR OPERA	CHOPIN
HIS "SIEGFRIED IDYLL", COMPOSED IN 1870, FEATURED THEMES FROM HIS "SIEGFRIED" OPERA, WHICH HADN'T YET BEEN PRODUCED	WAGNER
A LITTLE FIREBIRD TOLD US THAT THE FATHER OF THIS COMPOSER WAS ONE OF THE LEADING RUSSIAN OPERATIC BASSES OF HIS DAY	STRAVINSKY
THIS ITALIAN OPERATIC COMPOSER'S INFANT DAUGHTER, VIRGINIA, DIED IN 1838, JUST AFTER HER BROTHER ICILIO WAS BORN	VERDI
EITHER OF THE 2 COMPOSERS WHO IN 1897 BASED AN OPERA ON HENRI MURGER'S NOVEL "SCENES DE LA VIE BOHEME"	PUCCINI OR LEONCAVALLO
THE FESTSPIELHAUS IN BAYREUTH, GERMANY WAS BUILT AS A PLACE FOR THIS COMPOSER TO STAGE HIS OPERAS	WAGNER
FRAGMENTS OF THE "ODE TO JOY" APPEAR IN THE LIBRETTO OF THIS 1805 OPERA, THE COMPOSER'S ONLY ONE	FIDELIO
BEFORE IT WAS A BROADWAY MUSICAL, "AIDA" WAS ONE OF THESE, COMPOSED BY VERDI	AN OPERA
AT AGE 28, HIS THIRD OPERA, "NABUCCO", MADE HIM ONE OF ITALY'S FOREMOST COMPOSERS	VERDI
THIS 1819 ROSSINI OPERA IS BASED ON A POEM BY SIR WALTER SCOTT	THE LADY OF THE LAKE
THIS NAME OF A GREAT OPERA COMPOSER COULD BE ANGLICIZED AT WAINRIGHT	WAGNER
BRECHT COLLABORATOR WHO COMPOSED "THE THREEPENNY OPERA"	KURT WEILL
"THE TENDER LAND" IS A 1954 OPERA BY THIS "APPALACHIAN SPRING" COMPOSER	AARON COPLAND
THIS IMPRESSIONIST COMPOSER'S ONLY COMPLETED OPERA, "PELLEAS ET MELISANDE", PREMIERED IN PARIS IN 1902	DEBUSSEY
THIS OPERA COMPOSER'S ART REALLY TOOK OFF WITH 1843'S "THE FLYING DUTCHMAN"	WAGNER
THIS GREAT ITALIAN OPERA COMPOSER TOLD THE STORY OF CINDERELLA IN 1817'S "LA CENERENTOLA"	ROSSINI
TO CREATE AN OPERA, YOU NEED A COMPOSER AND THIS PERSON WHO WRITES OR ADAPTS THE TEXT	LIBRETTIST
IN 2003 THE MET CELEBRATED THIS COMPOSER'S BICENTENNIAL BY MOUNTING HIS EPIC OPERA "LES TROYENS"	BERLIOZ
THIS RUSSIAN COMPOSER'S "THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES" IS AN OPERA WITHIN AN OPERA ABOUT A MELANCHOLY PRINCE	PROKOFIEV
THE SCORE FOR "THE BREAD AND ROSES OPERA" BY STEVE FRIEDMAN WAS LIFTED FROM THIS COMPOSER'S "DON GIOVANNI"	MOZART
THIS OPERA GEORGES BIZET COMPOSED IN 1865 ABOUT A CZAR WASN'T PERFORMED UNTIL 1946	IVAN (THE TERRIBLE)
A MUSICAL PRODIGY, BY AGE 10, BIZET WAS STUDYING IN PARIS UNDER THIS FAMOUS COMPOSER OF THE 1859 OPERA "FAUST"	GOUNOD
SADLY, "PORGY AND BESS" WAS THE ONLY FULL-LENGTH OPERA THIS COMPOSER WROTE; HE PASSED AWAY IN 1937, AT AGE 38	GEORGE GERSHWIN
THE LIBRETTO FOR "WILLIAM TELL" WAS IN THIS LANGUAGE, THE NATIVE TONGUE OF NEITHER THE COMPOSER, ROSSINI, NOR THE SUBJECT	FRENCH
THIS 5-LETTER WORD CAN REFER TO ONE TYPE OF WORK BY A COMPOSER; OR TO SEVERAL WORKS OF DIFFERENT TYPES	OPERA
THE STORY AND THE MUSIC OF THE BALLET "REVENGE" COME FROM THIS COMPOSER'S OPERA "IL TROVATORE"	VERDI
AN ODD SUBJECT FOR AN OPERA, BUT COMPOSER JOHN ADAMS WROTE ONE ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT'S 1972 TRIP TO CHINA	NIXON
IN 1896 THIS "SCHEHERAZADE" COMPOSER REORCHESTRATED MUSSORGSKY'S OPERA "BORIS GODUNOV"	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
THIS ITALIAN COMPOSED 27 OPERAS, INCLUDING "STIFFELIO", "NABUCCO", AND "OTELLO"	VERDI
AT HIS PEAK HE COMPOSED 2 OR 3 OPERAS A YEAR LIKE "LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR"	DONIZETTI
TO RESEARCH THE OPERA,"PORGY AND BESS", THIS COMPOSER SPENT WEEKS AMONG THE GULLAH PEOPLE ON AN ISLAND OFF THE CAROLINA COAST	GEORGE GERSHWIN
COMPOSER WHOSE NAME COMPLETES THE TITLE OF RIMSKY-KORSAKOV'S OPERA "MOZART AND ..."	SALIERI
COMPOSER OF "MOZART AND SALIERI"	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
AS COMPOSED BY RICHARD STRAUSS, THE ROLE OF THIS "COMPLEX" SOPHOCLES HEROINE IS ONE OF OPERA'S MOST DEMANDING	ELECTRA
THIS COMPOSER OF THE OPERA "SIEGFRIED" ALSO NAMED HIS SON SIEGFRIED	WAGNER
THIS AUSTRIAN COMPOSER DIDN'T COMPLETE HIS OPERAS "ADRAST" AND "SUKUNTALA"; HE LEFT A SYMPHONY "UNFINISHED", TOO	SCHUBERT
THE SEATTLE OPERA IS FAMOUS FOR ITS BACK-TO-BACK PRODUCTIONS OF THIS COMPOSER'S "RING" CYCLE, IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH	WAGNER
THIS "PHANTOM" AND "CATS" COMPOSER'S MINI-OPERA "TELL ME ON A SUNDAY" PREMIERED ON THE BBC IN 1980	ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
A CARD-PLAYING COUNTESS ENDS UP AS A GHOST IN THIS "NUTCRACKER" COMPOSER'S OPERA "THE QUEEN OF SPADES"	TCHAIKOVSKY
THIS "LA MER" COMPOSER ONCE PLANNED AN OPERA BASED ON "THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER"	DEBUSSEY
ROSSINI'S "OTELLO" DEBUTED 71 YEARS BEFORE THIS COMPOSER'S MORE FAMOUS "OTELLO" OPERA	VERDI
HE COMPOSED "MONTEZUMA" IN 1964	ROGER SESSIONS
IGOR STRAVINSKY'S FATHER, FYODOR, SANG IN THE OPERA "MAID OF ORLEANS" BY THIS "CHOLERIC" COMPOSER	TCHAIKOVSKY
MINNIE RUNS A SALOON IN A CALIFORNIA MINING CAMP IN THIS ITALIAN COMPOSER'S OPERA "THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST"	PUCCINI
THE HEROINE OF THIS CZECH COMPOSER'S 1881 OPERA "LIBUSE" IS THE QUEEN OF BOHEMIA	SMETANA
"LA CENERENTOLA" IS A CINDERELLA OPERA BY THIS "WILLIAM TELL" COMPOSER	ROSSINI
SWISS COMPOSER ERNEST BLOCH'S ONLY COMPLETED OPERA IS BASED ON THIS PLAY; THE ROLE OF BANQUO IS SUNG BY A TENOR	MACBETH
THIS 1847 OPERA BY AN ITALIAN COMPOSER FEATURES SINGING WITCHES	MACBETH
APPROPRIATELY, SCOTTISH COMPOSER THEA MUSGRAVE WROTE AN OPERA ABOUT THIS SCOTTISH QUEEN	MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
IN 1989 COMPOSER GIAN CARLO MENOTTI DIRECTED HIS OWN OPERA ABOUT THIS BOY	AMAHL
THIS COMPOSER OF THE ENCHANTING BALLET "SWAN LAKE", WROTE AN OPERA CALLED "THE ENCHANTRESS"	TCHAIKOVSKY
WE ASSUME SAMUEL BARBER COMPOSED HIS MINI-OPERA ABOUT "A HAND OF ..." THIS GAME ACCORDING TO HOYLE	BRIDGE
THE HEROINE OF THIS CZECH COMPOSER'S 1901 OPERA "RUSALKA" IS A WATER NYMPH	DVORAK
"DAS RHEINGOLD", A ONE-ACT OPERA, SERVES AS THE PROLOGUE TO THIS COMPOSER'S "RING" CYCLE	WAGNER
THIS NOTORIOUSLY LAZY COMPOSER HAD USED HIS OVERTURE TO "THE BARBER OF SEVILLE" IN AT LEAST 2 PREVIOUS OPERAS	ROSSINI
NIETZSCHE BEFRIENDED BUT LATER BROKE WITH THIS ANTI-SEMITIC OPERA COMPOSER	WAGNER
"IL TRITTICO" (THE TRIPTYCH)...IS A TRILOGY OF ONE-ACT OPERAS BY THIS COMPOSER OF "TOSCA"	PUCCINI
THIS "BOLERO" COMPOSER'S OPERA "L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES" FEATURES A SINGING SQUIRREL	RAVEL
THIS HUNGARIAN COMPOSER WROTE ONLY ONE OPERA, THE DRAMATIC ONE-ACT "DUKE BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE"	BELA BARTOK
WHEN THIS COMPOSER'S OPERA "LA BOHEME" PREMIERED IN TURIN, ARTURO TOSCANINI CONDUCTED THE ORCHESTRA	PUCCINI
THIS COMPOSER'S ADOPTED NIECE, JOHANNA, CREATED THE ROLE OF ELISABETH IN HIS OPERA, "TANNHAUSER"	WAGNER
KLINGSOR'S MAGIC GARDEN IS FILLED WITH FLOWER MAIDENS IN THIS GERMAN COMPOSER'S 1882 OPERA "PARSIFAL"	WAGNER
"THE FAIRIES", THE FIRST COMPLETED OPERA BY THIS "PARSIFAL" COMPOSER, WAS NEVER PERFORMED IN HIS LIFETIME	WAGNER
THIS FINNISH COMPOSER'S ONLY OPERA, "THE MAIDEN IN THE TOWER", IS RARELY PERFORMED	SIBELIUS
OPERA COMPOSER RENZO ROSSELLINI WAS THE BROTHER OF THIS FILM DIRECTOR	ROBERTO ROSSELLINI
JULES MASSENET COMPOSED AN OPERA BASED ON THIS FAMOUS NOVEL BY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES	DON QUIXOTE
ORIGINALLY, THIS COMPOSER'S OPERA "RIGOLETTO" WAS TITLED "LA MALEDIZIONE" (THE CURSE)	VERDI
ORIGINALLY, THIS CZECH COMPOSER'S OPERA "THE BARTERED BRIDE" CONTAINED SOME SPOKEN DIALOGUE	SMETANA
FRANCO ALFANO & WALTER DAMROSCH BOTH COMPOSED OPERAS ADAPTED FROM THIS 1897 PLAY BY EDMOND ROSTAND	CYRANO DE BERGERAC
THIS "MESSIAH" COMPOSER'S 1735 OPERA "ALCINA" WAS BASED ON THE EPIC POEM "ORLANDO FURIOSO"	HANDEL
THIS COMPOSER'S REPUTATION RESTS ON HIS FIRST & LAST FULL-LENGTH OPERAS, "THE PEARL FISHERS" AND "CARMEN"	BIZET
THIS AUSTRIAN WAS JUST 14 WHEN HE COMPOSED HIS 1770 OPERA "MITRIDATE, RE DI PONTO"	MOZART
"THE WITCHES", THE FIRST OPERA BY THIS COMPOSER OF "MADAMA BUTTERFLY", MAY BE BASED ON THE BALLET "GISELLE"	PUCCINI
THIS COMPOSER OF THE "NEW WORLD SYMPHONY" WROTE THE OPERAS "THE CUNNING PEASANT" AND "THE PIGHEADED PEASANTS"	DVORAK
THIS "MESSIAH" COMPOSER'S "RINALDO" WAS THE FIRST ITALIAN OPERA WRITTEN FOR THE LONDON STAGE	HANDEL
"DJAMILEH" IS A COMIC OPERA BY THIS COMPOSER OF "CARMEN"	BIZET
THIS ORATORIO COMPOSER'S 1735 OPERA "ARIODANTE" IS BASED ON "ORLANDO FURIOSO"	HANDEL
THIS "TURANDOT" COMPOSER'S OPERA "SISTER ANGELICA" IS SET IN A CONVENT AND HAS AN ALL-FEMALE CAST	PUCCINI
THIS "BILLY THE KID" COMPOSER WROTE 2 OPERAS: "THE SECOND HURRICANE" AND "THE TENDER LAND"	AARON COPLAND
AS A STUDENT, FILM COMPOSER NINO ROTA BASED AN OPERA ON THIS DANE'S FAIRY TALE "THE PRINCE AND THE SWINEHERD"	HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
AMERICAN COMPOSER ROBERT WARD BASED A 1961 OPERA ON THIS AUTHOR'S FAMOUS PLAY "THE CRUCIBLE"	ARTHUR MILLER
A NAUGHTY CHILD'S TOYS REBEL AGAINST HIM IN THIS "BOLERO" COMPOSER'S OPERA "L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES"	RAVEL
THIS "RAGTIME" COMPOSER WROTE THE LIBRETTO FOR HIS OWN OPERA, "TREEMONISHA", AND CHOREOGRAPHED IT, TOO	SCOTT JOPLIN
THIS AUSTRIAN COMPOSER'S "COSI FAN TUTTI" IS SET IN 18TH-C. NAPLES	MOZART
AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1958, FINNISH COMPOSER AARRE MERIKANTO'S OPERA "JUHA" PREMIERED ON RADIO IN THIS CAPITAL	HELSINKI
ARTHUR BENJAMIN, COMPOSER OF "A TALE OF TWO CITIES", IS A NATIVE OF THIS COUNTRY	AUSTRALIA
SWISS COMPOSER HEINRICH SUTERMEISTER WROTE A 1967 OPERA BASED ON THIS AUTHOR'S "MADAME BOVARY"	FLAUBERT
THIS COMPOSER OF "THE FOUR SEASONS" WROTE 46 OPERAS, BUT ONLY 21 OF THE SCORES SURVIVE	VIVALDI
THIS GERMAN COMPOSER OF THE OPERA "ALCESTE" TAUGHT SINGING TO MARIE ANTOINETTE	CHRISTOPH GLUCK
THE PLOT OF THIS "NEW WORLD SYMPHONY" COMPOSER'S OPERA "DIMITRIJ" BEGINS WHERE "BORIS GODUNOV" ENDS	DVORAK
RUSSIAN "EUGENE ONEGIN" COMPOSER WHOSE BROTHER MODEST WROTE THE LIBRETTO FOR HIS LAST OPERA, "IOLANTA"	TCHAIKOVSKY
CONCEPCION'S LOVERS HID INSIDE CLOCKS IN THIS "BOLERO" COMPOSER'S OPERA "L'HEURE ESPANGNOLE"	RAVEL
"THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE" IS A BIBLICAL OPERA BY THIS COMPOSER OF "BILLY BUDD"	BENJAMIN BRITTEN
THIS "LOHENRIN" COMPOSER'S FIRST OPERA, "DIE FEIN", WASN'T PERFORMED UNTIL 1888, FIVE YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH	WAGNER
"MUSEITA'S WALTZ" IS A HIGHLIGHT OF THIS COMPOSER'S 1896 OPERA "LA BOHEME"	PUCCINI
"BORIS GODUNOV" IS THE ONLY OPERA COMPLETED BY THIS COMPOSER	MUSSORGSKY
ENGLISH COMPOSER WHOSE 1947 OPERA "ALBERT HERRING" IS ABOUT A YOUNG MAN, NOT A YOUNG FISH	BENJAMIN BRITTEN
THIS "THREEPENNY OPERA" COMPOSER STUDIED WITH ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK	KURT WEILL
G. STREPPONI SANG IN "NABUCCO", THE OPERA THAT MADE THIS COMPOSER FAMOUS, AND LATER MARRIED HIM	VERDI
THIS COMPOSER OF "THE MIKADO" WROTE ONLY ONE GRAND OPERA, "IVANHOE"	SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
HE COMPOSED A ONE-ACT JAZZ OPERA CALLED "BLUE MONDAY", 13 YEARS BEFORE "PORGY AND BESS"	GEORGE GERSHWIN
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS COMPOSED AN OPERA SET IN GAZA ABOUT THIS PAIR	SAMSON AND DELILAH
BIRGIT NILSSON IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER HEROIC ROLES IN THIS COMPOSER'S OPERAS	WAGNER
THE 1954 DOROTHY DANDRIDGE/HARRY BELAFONTE FILM "CARMEN JONES" WAS BASED ON THIS COMPOSER'S OPERA	BIZET
IN SPAIN, A WOMAN DRESSES AS A MAN TO RESCUE HER LONG-IMPRISONED HUSBAND	FIDELIO (BEETHOVEN)
A CURSED HERO IS DUPED INTO BETRAYING HIS BELOVED; HE IS MURDERED, SHE KILLS HERSELF, AND THE WORLD BURNS	GOTTERDAMMERUNG (WAGNER)
THE CAPTAIN OF AN ENGLISH WARSHIP OBSERVES THE BATTLE OF GOOD & EVIL WHEN A NEW CREWMAN COMES ABOARD AND HAS A CONFLICT WITH THE MASTER-AT-ARMS	BILLY BUDD (BRITTEN)
A SONG CONTEST IS THE BACKGROUND FOR ROMANCE & PHILOSOPHIZING IN 16TH-C. GERMANY	DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG (WAGNER)
A ROYAL COUPLE, A NOBLE PRIEST, A BIRD CATCHER, AND THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT ARE FEATURED CHARACTERS IN THIS FANTASY SETTING	THE MAGIC FLUTE (MOZART)
A SELFISH HERO LIVES TO REGRET HIS BLASE' REJECTION OF A YOUNG WOMAN'S LOVE AND HIS CARELESS INCITEMENT OF A FATAL DUEL WITH HIS BEST FRIEND	EUGENE ONEGIN (TCHAIKOVSKY)
IN UPPER-CLASS VIENNA, A YOUNG WOMAN IS ENGAGED TO A BOORISH MAN WHEN SHE MEETS HERE TRUE LOVE CARRYING A SILVER ROSE	DER ROSENKAVALIER (RICHARD STRAUSS)
IN ANCIENT CHINA, A PRINCESS CHALLENGES SUITORS WITH RIDDLES, UNTIL A MYSTERIOUS PRINCE ARRIVES AND OFFERS HER A CHALLENGE TO GUESS HIS TRUE NAME	TURANDOT (PUCCINI)
MAC THE KNIFE IS SENTENCED TO HANG UNLESS HE CAN FIND A WAY OUT OF IT	THE THREEPENNY OPERA (WEILL)
A NOBLEMAN AND HIS NEW WIFE ELOPE TO HIS CASTLE, WHERE SHE FINDS SEVEN LOCKED DOORS.	BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE (BARTOK)
A GEISHA IS BROKEN-HEARTED WHEN HER AMERICAN HUSBAND RETURNS FROM YEARS ABROAD WITH A NEW WIFE	MADAMA BUTTERFLY (PUCCINI)
IN THIS ADAPTATION OF A SHAKESPEARE PLAY, A GENERAL SUSPECTS THAT HIS WIFE IS UNFAITHFUL AFTER RECEIVING FALSE INFORMATION FROM A TRUSTED CONFIDANTE	OTELLO (VERDI)
A GYPSY WOMAN TOYS WITH THE LOVE OF TWO MEN, A SOLDIER AND A BULLFIGHTER	CARMEN (BIZET)
AN EGYPTIAN MILITARY COMMANDER STRUGGLES TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HIS LOVE FOR AN ETHIOPIAN PRINCESS AND HIS LOYALTY TO THE PHARAOH	AIDA (VERDI)
A BARBER HELPS A NOBLEMAN WED HIS TRUE LOVE USING COSTUMES AND TRICKERY TO OUTWIT HIS RIVAL	THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (ROSSINI)
MARGUERITE IS AN INNOCENT MAIDEN WHO GETS MIXED UP WITH THE DEVIL	FAUST (GOUNOD)
WOTAN IS A LONG-WINDED BARITONE WHOSE ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN ULTIMATELY CAUSE HIS RUIN	THE RING CYCLE (WAGNER)
PRINCESS DISPOSES OF UNWANTED MALE ATTENTION WITH A LETHAL QUIZ	TURANDOT (PUCCINI)
THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT TRIES TO STOP HER DAUGHTER FROM MARRYING A PROSPECTIVE MASON	DIE ZAUBERFLOTE (MOZART)
MIMI IS A SEAMSTRESS WITH VERY COLD HANDS	LA BOHEME (PUCCINI)
ALFREDO IS A SOCIALITE WHO HAS A FLING WITH A WOMAN OF LOOSE MORALS UNTIL HIS DAD TELLS HIM TO GET A LIFE	LA TRAVIATA (VERDI)
LOHENGRIN IS A CHAMPION OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN WHO SPENDS MUCH OF HIS TIME SWANNING AROUND	LOHENGRIN (WAGNER)
DIDO DIES OF GRIEF WHEN HER LOVER IS TRICKED INTO DUMPING HER	DIDO & AENEAS (PURCELL)
ESCAMILLO PICKS UP A GIRL WHO IS SUBSEQUENTLY KILLED BY HER EX	CARMEN (BIZET)
FIGARO BARBER WHO PROVIDES DATING CONSULTATION IS HIS SPARE TIME	BARBER OF SEVILLE (ROSSINI)
SUSANNA IS A SEXUALLY HARASSED MAID WHO INTENDS TO MARRY A FORMER BARBER	THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (MOZART)
RADAMES IS AN EGYPTIAN COMMANDER WHO INADVERTANTLY REVEALS HIS MILITARY PLANS TO THE ENEMY & IS EXECUTED	AIDA (VERDI)
SENTA IS AN EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGED YOUNG GIRL WHOSE FANTASY LOVER TURNS OUT TO BE REAL, AND SHE KILLS HERSELF	DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER (WAGNER)
THE GHOSTS OF THE ABUSIVE GOVERNESS AND MANSERVANT KILL THE CHILD THEY ARE CARING FOR	THE TURN OF THE SCREW (BRITTEN)
DON GIOVANNI KILLS THE COMMENDATORE, WHOSE STATUE ARRIVES IN THE FINALE TO CONSIGN HIM TO HELL	DON GIOVANNI (MOZART)
MIMI SINGS REALLY WELL IN THE FINALE CONSIDERING THAT HER LUNGS ARE FAILING	LA BOHEME (PUCCINI)
RODRIGO, MARQUESS OF POSA, IS EXECUTED FOR SYMPATHIZING WITH DON CARLO'S DEFENSE OF THE NETHERLANDS; THE BIG PARTY SCENE IN THE OPERA INVOLVES A HERETIC BARBECUE	DON CARLOS (VERDI)
IN A CASE OF SERIOUSLY MISPLACED SELF-SACRIFICE, GILDA DELIBERATELY ENCOUNTERS THE ASSASSIN WAITING TO KILL THE PHILANDERING DUKE	RIGOLETTO (VERDI)
THE PRINCE OF PERSIA'S HEAD IS TAKEN OFF AS THE OPENING NUMBER; SHE (LIU) DIES RATHER THAN BETRAY THE TENOR	TURANDOT (PUCCINI)
THE ETHIOPIANS LOSE THE WAR, AMONASRO DIES OFFSTAGE, RADAMES AND AIDA ARE BURIED ALIVE	AIDA (VERDI)
LENSKY CHALLENGES ONEGIN TO A DUEL BUT ENDS UP GETTING SHOT	EUGENE ONEGIN (TCHAKOVSKY)
THE HEAD OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST IS AN ENDURING IMAGE, BUT IT IS OFTEN FORGOTTEN THAT HEROD ORDERS SALOME TO BE KILLED AT THE VERY END	SALOME (STRAUSS)

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