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1. Aida
Count Almaviva loves Rosina - the ward of Dr. Bartolo. Figaro promises to help him win the girl - and eventually they succeed by climbing in with a ladder and bribing the notary Who was to marry Rosina to Dr. Bartolo himself.
An Ethiopian princess Who is held captive in Egypt and falls in love with an Egyptian general - but both are caught by a jealous princess and the general is buried alive
The story of four extremely poor friends who live in the French Quarter of Paris: Marcello the artist - Rodolpho the poet - Colline the philosopher - and Schaunard the musician.
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House

2. The Barber of Seville
Gioacchino Rossini
The tale of a 14th century Swiss patriot who wishes to end Austria's domination of his country. In the first act - he helps Leuthold - a fugitive - escape the Austrian governor - Gessler. In the 3rd act - he is forced to shoot an apple off of Gessler
Count Almaviva loves Rosina - the ward of Dr. Bartolo. Figaro promises to help him win the girl - and eventually they succeed by climbing in with a ladder and bribing the notary Who was to marry Rosina to Dr. Bartolo himself.
George Bizet

3. Madama Butterfly
The American naval lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton is stationed in Nagasaki where - with the help of the broker Goro - he weds the young girl Cio-Cio-San with a marriage contract with a cancellation clause. The opera ends when Cio-Cio-San stab
Count Almaviva loves Rosina - the ward of Dr. Bartolo. Figaro promises to help him win the girl - and eventually they succeed by climbing in with a ladder and bribing the notary Who was to marry Rosina to Dr. Bartolo himself.
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4. Who composed Don Giovanni?
Gioacchino Rossini
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House
Modest Mussorgsky
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5. Boris Godunov

6. Aida
An Ethiopian princess Who is held captive in Egypt and falls in love with an Egyptian general - but both are caught by a jealous princess and the general is buried alive
Gioacchino Rossini
Gioacchino Rossini
Count Almaviva loves Rosina - the ward of Dr. Bartolo. Figaro promises to help him win the girl - and eventually they succeed by climbing in with a ladder and bribing the notary Who was to marry Rosina to Dr. Bartolo himself.

7. What is the prequel to 'The Marriage of Figaro'?
The Barber of Seville
The American naval lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton is stationed in Nagasaki where - with the help of the broker Goro - he weds the young girl Cio-Cio-San with a marriage contract with a cancellation clause. The opera ends when Cio-Cio-San stab
In this opera - two servants of Count Almaviva plan to marry - but the plan is complicated by the older Marcellina who wants to wed the title character - the Count who has made unwanted advances towards the other servant - and Don Bartolo who has a l
Giuseppe Verdi

8. Whose play was the basis for 'William Tell'?
George Bizet
Friedrich von Schiller
The American naval lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton is stationed in Nagasaki where - with the help of the broker Goro - he weds the young girl Cio-Cio-San with a marriage contract with a cancellation clause. The opera ends when Cio-Cio-San stab
George Bizet

9. Who composed 'William Tell'?
Friedrich von Schiller
Giuseppe Verdi
Giacomo Puccini
Gioacchino Rossini

10. Who composed Salome?
Richard Strauss
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gioacchino Rossini
An Ethiopian princess Who is held captive in Egypt and falls in love with an Egyptian general - but both are caught by a jealous princess and the general is buried alive

11. Why was Aida commissioned?
In the prologue - the title character - chief adviser of Ivan the Terrible - is being pressured to assume the throne after Ivan's children die. In the 1st act - Grigori decides to impersonate one of Ivan's sons - who had already been killed at the ti
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House
The story of four extremely poor friends who live in the French Quarter of Paris: Marcello the artist - Rodolpho the poet - Colline the philosopher - and Schaunard the musician.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

12. La Boheme
In the prologue - the title character - chief adviser of Ivan the Terrible - is being pressured to assume the throne after Ivan's children die. In the 1st act - Grigori decides to impersonate one of Ivan's sons - who had already been killed at the ti
The story of four extremely poor friends who live in the French Quarter of Paris: Marcello the artist - Rodolpho the poet - Colline the philosopher - and Schaunard the musician.
Giacomo Puccini
Modest Mussorgsky

13. Who composed Boris Godunov?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Modest Mussorgsky
Giacomo Puccini
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

14. Salome

15. Who composed 'The Marriage of Figaro'?
Modest Mussorgsky
The American naval lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton is stationed in Nagasaki where - with the help of the broker Goro - he weds the young girl Cio-Cio-San with a marriage contract with a cancellation clause. The opera ends when Cio-Cio-San stab
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Richard Strauss

16. Boris Godunov

17. The Marriage of Figaro
In this opera - two servants of Count Almaviva plan to marry - but the plan is complicated by the older Marcellina who wants to wed the title character - the Count who has made unwanted advances towards the other servant - and Don Bartolo who has a l
George Bizet
Jokanaan is imprisoned in the dungeons of King Herod. The title character - Herod's 15-year-old stepdaughter becomes obsessed with the prisoner - and when Salome is promised 'anything' for dancing for Herod - she asks for Jokannan's head.
A young gypsy who works in a cigarette factory in Seville Who is arrested by Don Josa for fighting - but is able to cajole him into letting her escape

18. The Barber of Seville
Giacomo Puccini
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Giacomo Puccini
Count Almaviva loves Rosina - the ward of Dr. Bartolo. Figaro promises to help him win the girl - and eventually they succeed by climbing in with a ladder and bribing the notary Who was to marry Rosina to Dr. Bartolo himself.

19. Who composed Don Giovanni?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
An Ethiopian princess Who is held captive in Egypt and falls in love with an Egyptian general - but both are caught by a jealous princess and the general is buried alive
Gioacchino Rossini
Gioacchino Rossini

20. Who composed 'The Barber of Seville'?
Gioacchino Rossini
Giacomo Puccini
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House
A young gypsy who works in a cigarette factory in Seville Who is arrested by Don Josa for fighting - but is able to cajole him into letting her escape

21. The Marriage of Figaro
The story of four extremely poor friends who live in the French Quarter of Paris: Marcello the artist - Rodolpho the poet - Colline the philosopher - and Schaunard the musician.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In the prologue - the title character - chief adviser of Ivan the Terrible - is being pressured to assume the throne after Ivan's children die. In the 1st act - Grigori decides to impersonate one of Ivan's sons - who had already been killed at the ti
In this opera - two servants of Count Almaviva plan to marry - but the plan is complicated by the older Marcellina who wants to wed the title character - the Count who has made unwanted advances towards the other servant - and Don Bartolo who has a l

22. Who composed Madama Butterfly?
In this opera - two servants of Count Almaviva plan to marry - but the plan is complicated by the older Marcellina who wants to wed the title character - the Count who has made unwanted advances towards the other servant - and Don Bartolo who has a l
In the prologue - the title character - chief adviser of Ivan the Terrible - is being pressured to assume the throne after Ivan's children die. In the 1st act - Grigori decides to impersonate one of Ivan's sons - who had already been killed at the ti
Count Almaviva loves Rosina - the ward of Dr. Bartolo. Figaro promises to help him win the girl - and eventually they succeed by climbing in with a ladder and bribing the notary Who was to marry Rosina to Dr. Bartolo himself.
Giacomo Puccini

23. Who composed Madama Butterfly?
Giacomo Puccini
Modest Mussorgsky
In this opera - two servants of Count Almaviva plan to marry - but the plan is complicated by the older Marcellina who wants to wed the title character - the Count who has made unwanted advances towards the other servant - and Don Bartolo who has a l
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House

24. Who composed La Boheme?
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House
Giacomo Puccini
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House
Gioacchino Rossini

25. Who composed Aida?
Giuseppe Verdi
Gioacchino Rossini
Gioacchino Rossini
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House

26. Who composed Carmen?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
George Bizet
A young gypsy who works in a cigarette factory in Seville Who is arrested by Don Josa for fighting - but is able to cajole him into letting her escape
Jokanaan is imprisoned in the dungeons of King Herod. The title character - Herod's 15-year-old stepdaughter becomes obsessed with the prisoner - and when Salome is promised 'anything' for dancing for Herod - she asks for Jokannan's head.

27. William Tell

28. Who composed Boris Godunov?
Count Almaviva loves Rosina - the ward of Dr. Bartolo. Figaro promises to help him win the girl - and eventually they succeed by climbing in with a ladder and bribing the notary Who was to marry Rosina to Dr. Bartolo himself.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Modest Mussorgsky
Richard Strauss

29. Don Giovanni

30. Who composed 'The Barber of Seville'?
Gioacchino Rossini
Giacomo Puccini
An Ethiopian princess Who is held captive in Egypt and falls in love with an Egyptian general - but both are caught by a jealous princess and the general is buried alive
In this opera - two servants of Count Almaviva plan to marry - but the plan is complicated by the older Marcellina who wants to wed the title character - the Count who has made unwanted advances towards the other servant - and Don Bartolo who has a l

31. Who composed La Boheme?
Giuseppe Verdi
George Bizet
In this opera - two servants of Count Almaviva plan to marry - but the plan is complicated by the older Marcellina who wants to wed the title character - the Count who has made unwanted advances towards the other servant - and Don Bartolo who has a l
Giacomo Puccini

32. Who composed Carmen?
George Bizet
Giacomo Puccini
An Ethiopian princess Who is held captive in Egypt and falls in love with an Egyptian general - but both are caught by a jealous princess and the general is buried alive
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House

33. Don Giovanni

34. William Tell

35. Who composed 'William Tell'?
Gioacchino Rossini
The story of four extremely poor friends who live in the French Quarter of Paris: Marcello the artist - Rodolpho the poet - Colline the philosopher - and Schaunard the musician.
Jokanaan is imprisoned in the dungeons of King Herod. The title character - Herod's 15-year-old stepdaughter becomes obsessed with the prisoner - and when Salome is promised 'anything' for dancing for Herod - she asks for Jokannan's head.
Friedrich von Schiller

36. La Boheme
The story of four extremely poor friends who live in the French Quarter of Paris: Marcello the artist - Rodolpho the poet - Colline the philosopher - and Schaunard the musician.
Modest Mussorgsky
The Barber of Seville
Giacomo Puccini

37. Who composed 'The Marriage of Figaro'?
Jokanaan is imprisoned in the dungeons of King Herod. The title character - Herod's 15-year-old stepdaughter becomes obsessed with the prisoner - and when Salome is promised 'anything' for dancing for Herod - she asks for Jokannan's head.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The American naval lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton is stationed in Nagasaki where - with the help of the broker Goro - he weds the young girl Cio-Cio-San with a marriage contract with a cancellation clause. The opera ends when Cio-Cio-San stab
Modest Mussorgsky

38. Why was Aida commissioned?
The story of four extremely poor friends who live in the French Quarter of Paris: Marcello the artist - Rodolpho the poet - Colline the philosopher - and Schaunard the musician.
The American naval lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton is stationed in Nagasaki where - with the help of the broker Goro - he weds the young girl Cio-Cio-San with a marriage contract with a cancellation clause. The opera ends when Cio-Cio-San stab
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House
The title character attempts to seduce Donna Anna - but is discovered by her father - whom he kills in a swordfight. Later in the act - his servant Leporello recounts his master's 2000-odd conquests in the 'Catalogue Aria'.

39. Who composed Salome?
The title character attempts to seduce Donna Anna - but is discovered by her father - whom he kills in a swordfight. Later in the act - his servant Leporello recounts his master's 2000-odd conquests in the 'Catalogue Aria'.
Richard Strauss
The story of four extremely poor friends who live in the French Quarter of Paris: Marcello the artist - Rodolpho the poet - Colline the philosopher - and Schaunard the musician.
A young gypsy who works in a cigarette factory in Seville Who is arrested by Don Josa for fighting - but is able to cajole him into letting her escape

40. Madama Butterfly
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The American naval lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton is stationed in Nagasaki where - with the help of the broker Goro - he weds the young girl Cio-Cio-San with a marriage contract with a cancellation clause. The opera ends when Cio-Cio-San stab
In the prologue - the title character - chief adviser of Ivan the Terrible - is being pressured to assume the throne after Ivan's children die. In the 1st act - Grigori decides to impersonate one of Ivan's sons - who had already been killed at the ti
Giacomo Puccini

41. Salome

42. Carmen
The tale of a 14th century Swiss patriot who wishes to end Austria's domination of his country. In the first act - he helps Leuthold - a fugitive - escape the Austrian governor - Gessler. In the 3rd act - he is forced to shoot an apple off of Gessler
A young gypsy who works in a cigarette factory in Seville Who is arrested by Don Josa for fighting - but is able to cajole him into letting her escape
The story of four extremely poor friends who live in the French Quarter of Paris: Marcello the artist - Rodolpho the poet - Colline the philosopher - and Schaunard the musician.
Giacomo Puccini

43. What is the prequel to 'The Marriage of Figaro'?
Gioacchino Rossini
In the prologue - the title character - chief adviser of Ivan the Terrible - is being pressured to assume the throne after Ivan's children die. In the 1st act - Grigori decides to impersonate one of Ivan's sons - who had already been killed at the ti
The Barber of Seville
A young gypsy who works in a cigarette factory in Seville Who is arrested by Don Josa for fighting - but is able to cajole him into letting her escape

44. Carmen
George Bizet
The title character attempts to seduce Donna Anna - but is discovered by her father - whom he kills in a swordfight. Later in the act - his servant Leporello recounts his master's 2000-odd conquests in the 'Catalogue Aria'.
George Bizet
A young gypsy who works in a cigarette factory in Seville Who is arrested by Don Josa for fighting - but is able to cajole him into letting her escape

45. Whose play was the basis for 'William Tell'?
To commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal - but it was finished late and instead premiered at the opening of the Cairo Opera House
Friedrich von Schiller
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jokanaan is imprisoned in the dungeons of King Herod. The title character - Herod's 15-year-old stepdaughter becomes obsessed with the prisoner - and when Salome is promised 'anything' for dancing for Herod - she asks for Jokannan's head.

46. Who composed Aida?
Friedrich von Schiller
The story of four extremely poor friends who live in the French Quarter of Paris: Marcello the artist - Rodolpho the poet - Colline the philosopher - and Schaunard the musician.
Modest Mussorgsky
Giuseppe Verdi