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Opera Quiz 4

 

1. The heroine of Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was poisoned. If only she hadn't...
     sniffed that bouquet
     eaten those chocolates
     drunk that champagne

2. In Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, poor old Simon Boccanegra got poisoned too. Who did it?
     Amelia whose real name was Maria
     Andrea whose real name was Fiesco
     Paolo whose real name was Paolo

3. In Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, apart from the obvious, which body part most contributed to Turiddu being killed by his lover's husband.
     Santuzza's finger
     Alfio's ear
     Lucia's leg

4. The hero of Donizetti's Poliuto might still have been alive at the end of the opera if only he hadn't indulged in...
     sadism
     capitalism
     baptism

5. In Bellini's Norma, Polione literally ended up in flames. He really should have stayed away from...
     Druid virgins
     gypsy fortune tellers
     His sister-in-law

6. The hero of Verdi's Ernani rather foolishly swore that he would kill himself when de Silva, his rival for the affections of the fair Elvira, blew on a hunting horn. Sure enough, de Silva blew and Ernani...
     stabbed himself
     shot himself
     threw himself over a cliff

7. The heroine of Halevy's La Juive came to a most unpleasant end. Was she...
     devoured by wolves
     thrown into a flaming cauldron
     forced to marry the baritone

8. In Puccini's Il Tabarro, the baritone is most displeased with the tenor for having an affair with his wife. The baritone's solution to this problem was to...
     strangle the tenor
     stab the tenor
     shoot the tenor

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