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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