Famous operas with their composer, era, and plot premise, distinct from the instrumental-work focus of the Classical Music: Famous Works and Movements deck.
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- Which composer wrote Carmen?
- Georges Bizet
- What is the setting of Carmen?
- Seville, Spain (a tobacco factory and a bull ring)
- Which Mozart opera features Papageno and Papagena?
- The Magic Flute
- What magical object appears in The Magic Flute?
- A magic flute
- Who composed Don Giovanni?
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- What is the central theme of Don Giovanni?
- A libertine nobleman's seductions and his eventual judgment by a supernatural force
- Who composed La Boheme?
- Giacomo Puccini
- What is the plot premise of La Boheme?
- A love story between Mimi (a seamstress) and Rodolfo (a poet) in Paris, ending in Mimi's death from tuberculosis
- Which composer wrote Rigoletto?
- Giuseppe Verdi
- What is Rigoletto's occupation?
- Court jester to the Duke of Mantua
- Who does Rigoletto try to protect in the opera?
- His daughter Gilda
- Which Verdi opera centers on a courtesan and her lover in Paris?
- La Traviata
- What disease does Violetta die from in La Traviata?
- Tuberculosis
- Which Verdi opera is based on a Spanish play about a gypsy girl?
- Il Trovatore
- What central secret haunts the plot of Il Trovatore?
- A case of mistaken infant identity involving a gypsy woman and a baby