Ultimate Opera Music Trivia
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Which music term matches "the mixing together of several melodic lines"?
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Ballad Opera
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Polyphony
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Entr'acte
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Spinto Soprano
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Which music term matches "a single work or composition"?
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Opera Seria
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Cantabile
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Chromatic
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Opus
Correct Answer
A. Opus -
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What is a staged performance in which music, poetry, song and dance are blended?
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Sotto Voce
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Diva
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Masque
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Arioso
Correct Answer
A. Masque -
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Which music term matches "the text of an opera"?
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Libretto
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Maestro
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Diminuendo
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Portamento
Correct Answer
A. Libretto -
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Which term matches "a title given to conductors, composers and directors"?
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Maestro
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Embellishment
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Commedia Dell'arte
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Mezzo Soprano
Correct Answer
A. Maestro -
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What is an operatic scene in which diversity of rhythm and melody create chaos and confusion?
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Cadenza
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Appoggiatura
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Imbroglio
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Finale Ultimo
Correct Answer
A. Imbroglio -
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Which opera term matches "has a brilliant top register combined with a strong lower voice"?
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Libretto
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Orchestra Pit
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Prima Donna
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Heldentenor
Correct Answer
A. Heldentenor -
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Which opera term matches "opera which is sung from start to finish"?
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Mezzo Soprano
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Grand Opera
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Arioso
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Maestro
Correct Answer
A. Grand Opera -
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Which opera term matches "the final finale"?
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Kachel Catalogue
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Optra Comique
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Finale Ultimo
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Singspiel
Correct Answer
A. Finale Ultimo -
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Which opera term matches "the flowery, embellished vocal line within an aria"?
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Dissonant
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Countertenor
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Fioratura
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Cantabile
Correct Answer
A. Fioratura -
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Which term matches "more than one character singing at the same time"?
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Dissonant
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Ensemble
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Comprimario
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Spinto Soprano
Correct Answer
A. Ensemble -
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Which opera term matches "a female opera star"?
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Cantata
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Commedia Dell'arte
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Duet
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Diva
Correct Answer
A. Diva -
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Which music term means getting progressively louder?
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Opus
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Downstage
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Crescendo
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Counterpoint
Correct Answer
A. Crescendo -
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Which term matches "getting progressively softer"?
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Orchestra
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Libretto
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Leitmotiv
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Diminuendo
Correct Answer
A. Diminuendo -
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Which music term matches "the lowest, and rarest, female voice"?
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Commedia Dell'arte
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Contralto
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Romantic
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Grand Opera
Correct Answer
A. Contralto -
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