Statistics for Opera Trivia

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which is an opera composed by Gioacchino Rossini?	Il barbiere di Siviglia	76%
Which musical number can you hear in a standard performance of Carmen?	The Toreador Song	72%
What is the name of Cio-Cio-San’s maid in Madama Butterfly?	Suzuki	64%
Which of the following is NOT known to have composed an opera based on one of Shakespeare’s plays?	Ottorino Respighi	60%
Richard Wagner had a son who was also an opera composer. What was his name?	Siegfried Wagner	56%
Which character sings «Nessun dorma» in the final act of Turandot?	Calaf	52%
In an 1831 Bellini opera, one of the principal characters sings an aria cantabile while she is …	Asleep	44%
Which of the following did NOT compose an operatic retelling of the Faust legend?	Robert Schumann	44%
In this one-act opera, a troubled woman discloses (during a telephone conversation) her recent suicide attempt.	La voix humaine (Francis Poulenc)	40%
The Kitchen Boy in Dvořák’s Rusalka is usually performed by …	A mezzo-soprano	36%
Which opera does NOT have a principal character named Elvira?	La favorita	36%
John Adams (1947- ) composed which opera?	Antony and Cleopatra	32%
Where does the opera Norma take place?	Gaul	28%
Which Valkyrie role did Wagner write for a contralto?	Schwertleite	24%
Carlisle Floyd’s opera Susannah takes place in which U.S. state?	Tennessee	24%