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1 What is the home city of Rossini’s operatic barber?
SEVILLE
2 Which opera heroine worked as a cigarette factory employee?
CARMEN
3 Who composed the opera, The Flying Dutchman?
RICHARD WAGNER
4 The Witches Curse is the alternative title of which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta?
RUDDIGORE
5 What is the alternative Italian title of Verdi’s opera The Fallen Woman?
LA TRAVIATA
6 What is the occupation of the lead character in the opera, Peter Grimes?
FISHERMAN
7 What is the former name of The English National Opera?
SADLERS WELLS
8 What is the title of Beethoven’s only opera?
FIDELIO
9 What is the singular of the word opera?
OPUS
10 In which British county was the Verdi opera Falstaff set?
BERKSHIRE
11 What L word is the name given to the text of an opera?
LIBRETTO
12 Which opera features the song, “Nessum Dorma”?
TURANDOT
13 In which Italian city was the world’s first public opera house opened?
VENICE
14 Which singer, born Gerry Dorsey took his stage name from the composer of Hansel And Gretel?
ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
15 The song, “Bohemian Rhapsody” first featured on which album by the pop group Queen?
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

15 - A Night at the Opera

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9 - Opus

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fish wrote:9 - Opus

Yeehaa two out of two - seems like I'm the only person on this site who knows anything about Opera!

fish wrote:

magpie in the 80's wrote:

fish wrote:9 - Opus

Yeehaa two out of two - seems like I'm the only person on this site who knows anything about Opera!

THAT YOU DO FISH

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8. Fidelo

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magpie in the 80's wrote:1 What is the home city of Rossini’s operatic barber?
SEVILLE
2 Which opera heroine worked as a cigarette factory employee?
CARMEN
3 Who composed the opera, The Flying Dutchman?
RICHARD WAGNER
4 The Witches Curse is the alternative title of which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta?
RUDDIGORE
5 What is the alternative Italian title of Verdi’s opera The Fallen Woman?
LA TRAVIATA
6 What is the occupation of the lead character in the opera, Peter Grimes?
FISHERMAN
7 What is the former name of The English National Opera?
SADLERS WELLS
8 What is the title of Beethoven’s only opera?
FIDELIO
9 What is the singular of the word opera?
OPUS
10 In which British county was the Verdi opera Falstaff set?
BERKSHIRE
11 What L word is the name given to the text of an opera?
LIBRETTO
12 Which opera features the song, “Nessum Dorma”?
TURANDOT
13 In which Italian city was the world’s first public opera house opened?
VENICE
14 Which singer, born Gerry Dorsey took his stage name from the composer of Hansel And Gretel?
ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
15 The song, “Bohemian Rhapsody” first featured on which album by the pop group Queen?
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

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