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| A(n) ____________ is a staged drama that is sung, most often with orchestral accompaniment | opera |
| A song for a solo singer and orchestra is called a(n) __________ | aria |
| A(n) ____________ is a serious form of opera with lofty heroic themes from history and mythology | opera seria |
| Another name for comic opera is | opera buffa |
| A(n) ____________is the text of an opera or musical, including dialogue and lyrics | libretto |
| A style of Italian opera with realistic portrayals of everyday life is called ___________ | verismo |
| ____________ is a quality in art that arouses feeling of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow. | pathos |
| A(n) ___________ is a sung conversation between characters to help advance the storyline | recitative |
| Who sings "Quando me'n vo" | Musetta |
| Who sings "Che gelida manina" | Rodolfo |
| Who sings "One Song Glory" | Roger |
| Who falls in love with Roldolfo | Mimi |
| A painter with a passionate temper | Marcello |
| A poet who dreams of love | Rodolfo |
| Marcello's beautiful ex-girlfriend | Musetta |
| A melancholy philosopher | Colline |
| A street musician who dies of AIDS | Angel |
| Who dies of consumption in La Boheme | Mimi |
| T or F The word opera is the plural form of the word opus, meaning work of art | true |
| T or F The music in early operas followed the natural rhythms and pitch inflections of the words. | true |
| T or F The stories of operas are based on myths and never focus on the problems of everyday life | false |
| T or F Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is a prime example of opera seria | false |
| T or F Giacomo Puccini was a nineteenth-century Italian composer. | true |
| T or F When La Boheme opened in 1896, the critics raved about its success | false |
| T or F Both Puccini and Larson used pathos to connect the audience with the characters and their plight. | true |
| T or F In 1996, Rent won four Tony awards plus the Pulitzer Prize for Drama | true |
| T or F Daphne Rubin-Vega is a famous American-born opera star who performed the role of Mimi in La Boheme | false |
| T or F Jonathan Larson, lyricist and composer of Rent, died of AIDS before the show opened | false |
| Describe 3 ways Jonathan Larson updated La Boheme in his musical Rent. | Larson chanted the setting to New York City at the end of the twentieth century. THe style of music was rock with contemporary instruments such as synthesizer and drums. Most character names were changed to contemporary American names. |
| Name 3 musical devices that were used in La Boheme and Rent to express emotion | La Boheme used dynamic contrast, rubato, and fermata for tempo variety. It also used repetition of melodies. Rent used dynamics, vocal register, and musical hooks. |
