Romantic - Choral Music

It would be most accurate to refer to the first three decades of the 19th Century as the

• Age of Rossini

• Age of Beethoven

• Age of Wagner and Beethoven

• Age of Rossini and Beethoven

What style of singing did Rossini help develop?

• Bel Canto

• Buffa

• Aria

• Melisma

Which is one of Rossini's Operas?

• The Magic Flute

• The Barber of Seville

• Der Freischutz

• Rigoletto

Which composer was more prominent for Italian opera in the "mid" 19th century?

• Wagner

• Rossini

• Verdi

• Weber

Which is not a characteristic of opera in the Romantic?

• Dramatic Realism

• Scenes

• Virtuosity

• Common characters

Who used the "opera house" to dramatize his political ideas?

• Beethoven

• Mozart

• Verdi

• Wagner

What were the main two type of opera in France during the 19th Century?

• Grand Opera and Buffa Opera

• Grand Opera and Opera Comique

• Opera and Opera Comique

• Opera Buffa and Opera Seria

Who is a prominent composer of German Opera?

• Rossini

• Verdi

• Weber

• Mozart

Who developed the leitmotiv?

• Wagner

• Weber

• Verdi

• Beethoven

Which is opera on a smaller scale that is usually humorous?

• Opera Buffa

• Intermezzo

• Opera Seria

• Operetta