2. Bellini's favorite meal is said to be: Pizza, because he was from Sicily Pasta, because he was from Bologna Lasagne, because they didn't not how to make Spaghetti at the time
3. Olympia in Hoffmann's Erzählungen (Tales of Hoffmann) is: A soap opera star A doll Hoffmann's mother
4. Adele from the Fledermaus is: A nanny A domestic servant A disappointed wife
5. Is it possible to stage Cosi fan Tutte in a fast food restaurant? Of course! (Peter Sellars did that.) No, never! (They don't eat in that opera.) I am not sure, but I'd rather see it staged in Don Alfonso's house.
6. In Act II of the operetta Die Fledermaus what is it about Adele that Eisenstein recognizes even though she is in disguise? Her corset Her feminine figure, especially her bud Her voice
7. Why is "Marie" "La fille du regiment" (The daughter of the regiment)? Because first the censors at the time the opera was composed wouldn't let her have a name, Marie was added later Because she is so good in handling weapons Because she was raised by soldiers who had found her on a battle field
8. Why is Hanna Glavary The Merry(!) Widow? What is the reason for her happiness? She drank a whole bottle of Champagne (from Paris) all by herself She has just fallen in love with Danilo 10 years after her husband has died Her husband died some weeks ago and she now has all of his money, which is a lot
9. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World plays a very important part in an opera. In which? Moses Semiramide Nabucco
10. Well, give it a try: which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is it? The Colossus of Rhodes The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
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