Whether you're a relative newcomer to opera or you've been a fan for years, test your knowledge on the subject. Click the "?" for each answer.
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Wagner is famous for his operas dealing with the Ring of the Nibelung. Can you name the four operas which make up the Ring Cycle? |
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What other well-known composer, who had only opera to his credit, was known to have considered undertaking the Ring legend? |
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Can you name the above composer's lone opera? |
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What was Mozart's first opera? |
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Camillle Saint-Saens set the story of what hair-concerned Biblical character to opera? |
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"The Love of Three Oranges," Prokofiev's most famous opera, was written for what specific opera company? |
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What was Beethoven's only opera? |
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The popular "Polovtsian Dances" come from which Borodin opera? |
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Verdi and Wagner were born in the same year. How many operas did each write? |
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Who is the "Barber of Seville"? |
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"Opera" is the plural of what word? |
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