Baroque Review

When did the Baroque Era take place?

• 1600-1750 A.D.
• 1400-1600 A.D.
• 1750-1900 A.D.

What activity during the Baroque Era became a fashionable event?

• Opera
• Mass
• University
• No where

Opera contains the following:
No scenery or costumes.

• True
• False

Before Claudio Monteverdi wrote Orfeo in 1607, operas were performed in a smaller venue and normally to a more elite court of people.

• True
• False

LIBRETTO means what in Italian?

• Little Book
• Liberty
• Library
• Music

The story or play upon which the opera is based.

• Libretto
• Plot
• Song

Many early opera stories were adaptations of classic Greek dramas

• True
• False

In early operas, the role of women were played by who?

• Castrato voices
• Young Boys
• Women

What made a boy a good candidate for castrato voice?

• To have the upper range of a woman
• Being shorter
• Have a small body type
• Sing with a low voice

(Select the correct group) What are the four types of singing parts in a chorus?

• Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, Castrata
• Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
• 1st Tenor, 2nd Tenor, Baritone, Bass
• Melody, Children, Dogs, and Cats