Opera/Aida

Grand Operas orgiginated in

• France

• Italy

• Greece

• None of these

Grand Opera is associated with

• Louis X11

• Louis XIII

• Louis XIV

• Louis XV

Which IS NOT a characteristic of a Grand Opera?

• 4-5 acts

• large orchestras and ballet dancing

• visual spectacles

• All of the above are characteristics

Which was the most expensive set?

• La Prophete

• Guillaume Tell

• Les Huguenots

• L' Africane

Which featured an exploding palace

• L' Arficaine

• La Prophete

• Guialleme Tell

• La Huguenots

Which is NOT correct in the acronym Viva Verdi

• Viva long live

• V verdi

• D' of

• I italia

Italy won its independence in

• 1832

• 1848

• 1851

• 1811

Versi wrote ____ operas

• 13

• 17

• 23

• 28

Over ________ people attended Verdi's funeral

• 100.000

• 150.000

• 200.000

• 300,000

Aida was written to celebrate

• the end of the Franco Prussian War

• The opening of the Suez Canal

• the opening of the Cairo Opera House

• none of the above