1. What does the term “Opera” mean in Italian ?

2. Which English composer wrote the opera “A Midsummer Night's Dream” ?

3. Which one-act opera is usually performed in a double-bill with Mascagni's “Cavalleria Rusticana” ?

4. Which opera by Johann Strauss translates into English as “The Bat” ?

5. What are the words of an opera often referred as ?

6. What was Beethoven's only opera ?

7. From which opera does the aria “Nessum Dorma” come ?

8. In which Mozart opera does the character Donna Anna appear ?

9. What was the name of Cio Cio San's lover in “Madame Butterfly” ?

10. For what type of voice was the role of Nabucco, King of Babylon created for by Verdi ?

11. Where is Wagner's opera, Lohengrin set ?

12. Who wrote the English opera “Dido and Aeneas” ?

13. What is the principle opera house in Milan ?

14. 'Das Rheingold' , 'Die Walkure' , 'Siegfreid' and 'Gotterdammerung' make up what ?

15. Which world famous soprano born in Australia in 1926 died in 2010 ?

16. What was the name of the flower girl who dies in the last scene of 'La Boheme' ?

17. What was the name of Puccini's last opera which was finished by one of his students ?

18. Don Alfonso was the name of a character in which Mozart opera ?

19. What is meant by a “Breeches Role” in opera ?

20. Which Shakespeare play was the Berlioz opera “Beatrice et Benedict” based ?

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