Interesting Quiz On Opera Music
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Which opera term is Italian for "beautiful singing"?
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Mezza Voce
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Crescendo
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Classical
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Bel Canto
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Which opera term matches "the most serious bass voice"?
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Opera Buffa
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Basso Profundo
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Embellishment
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Opus
Correct Answer
A. Basso Profundo -
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Which opera term matches "a comedic character sung by a bass"?
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Spinto
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Commedia Dell'arte
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Basso Buffo
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Stage Right
Correct Answer
A. Basso Buffo -
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Which opera term matches "devoted fan or enthusiast"?
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Aficionado
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Prelude
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Classical
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Opus
Correct Answer
A. Aficionado -
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Which opera term matches "to sing or play in a sweetly singing manner"?
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Countertenor
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Cantabile
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Kachel Catalogue
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Finale Ultimo
Correct Answer
A. Cantabile -
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Which music term matches "the performer's right and to the audience's left"?
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Stage Right
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Tempo
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Vibrato
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Soubrette
Correct Answer
A. Stage Right -
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Which music term matches "gives singers vocal cues"?
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Castrato
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Falsetto
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Prompter
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Tempo
Correct Answer
A. Prompter -
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Which opera term matches "a high male voice"?
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Bass-Baritone
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Coloratura Soprano
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Countertenor
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Finale
Correct Answer
A. Countertenor -
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Which music term matches "a very high pitched soprano"?
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Mezzo Soprano
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Coloratura Soprano
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Heldentenor
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Diva
Correct Answer
A. Coloratura Soprano -
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Which opera term matches "has a melody like an aria, but advances the plot's action like a recitative"?
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Arioso
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Masque
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Opus
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Marcato
Correct Answer
A. Arioso -
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Which opera term is defined as "a short, simple, melodic and expressive aria"?
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Staccato
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Cavatina
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Downstage
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Romantic
Correct Answer
A. Cavatina -
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Which opera term matches "a singer who takes the secondary character roles in an opera"?
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Countertenor
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Supernumerary
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Grand Opera
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Comprimario
Correct Answer
A. Comprimario -
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Which opera term means "a fast aria in bel canto operas"?
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Opera Comique
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Soubrette
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Cabaletta
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Countertenor
Correct Answer
A. Cabaletta -
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What name is used of an opera in which there is some spoken dialogue?
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Opera Comique
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Cantata
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Staccato
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Downstage
Correct Answer
A. Opera Comique -
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Which opera term is defined as "a short, lyrical operatic song"?
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Coloratura Soprano
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Cavatina
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Vibrato
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Canzone
Correct Answer
A. Canzone -
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Which opera term matches "near the end of an aria, a series of difficult, fast high notes"?
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Orchestra Pit
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Spinto Soprano
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Trill
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Cadenza
Correct Answer
A. Cadenza -
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Which opera term matches "instruments that accompanies the recitatives in baroque music"?
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Continuo
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Downstage
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Basso Cantante
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Contralto
Correct Answer
A. Continuo -
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Which term means "a voice with a strong, dramatic edge"?
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Mezza Voce
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Spinto
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Classical
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Chromatic
Correct Answer
A. Spinto -
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