Born on August 25, 1918, Leonard Bernstein would be 100 years old were he still alive. The famed conductor / composer left an indelible mark on the history of music. Today, we commemorate his 100 years with this little quiz that tests your knowledge of his extraordinary career.
Antonio Salieri, born on August 18, 1750, had a solid career as a composer. Yet today, he is best-known for his appearance in the film “Amadeus.” The film, directed by Miloš Forman, was not only one of the most successful films based on classical music figures (it walked away with eight Academy Awards), but also one of the most influential. Its {…}
We are aware that we have done our fair share of movie related opera quizzes (Don’t know what we’re talking about? Click here or here). And here we are again. Of course, it’s just fun to look into the two great art forms and see how they correspond with another. But we also wanted to bring this quiz into the {…}
Think you know your “Pagliacci” from your “Tosca?” Your “Manon” from your “Rigoletto?” Your “L’Orfeo” from your “L’Amour de Loin?” Show us just how much of an opera buff you are. Finish the title of each opera below and we’ll tell you exactly what percent opera buff you really are. In bocca al lupo…
Riccardo Muti is one of the greatest conductors that the opera world has known. Known for his domination of the Italian repertoire and his strict adherence to the score, Muti has carved out a musical legacy across two continents that few before or after him can claim. In celebrating his birthday on July 28, we have concocted a little quiz {…}
Opera is the art form that is bringing you to this website. It’s an art form that is over half a century in age and has seen some tremendous evolution over that span of time. How well are you familiarized with that change? In this week’s quiz, we test that knowledge in the hopes of exciting drawing you to dig {…}
Jonas Kaufmann is the world’s most famous tenor. The tenor is widely-known as a sure blockbuster hit, selling out virtually any performance that he is to be a part of. His career, despite still being at its height in mid 2018, is already legendary. With his birthday passing just a few days ago, we wanted to continue the celebration with {…}
Ever wonder what Mozart or Verdi might have thought about the changes that music took on nearly 100 years after them? It would certainly be interesting to see what they would have felt and how they might have connected to musicians of the last half-century. It would have been even more interesting to see what they felt of the direction {…}
Wagner’s “Die Walküre” recently had its anniversary celebration of its world premiere on June 26, 1870. Of the four operas in Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” it is probably the most well-known and popular. The simple fact that the Metropolitan Opera has picked it to be the sole representative of its upcoming cycle for the Live in HD broadcast is {…}
Opera is home to some of humanity’s most infamous villains: manipulative characters who lie, cheat, and steal, pillage and murder, and generally ruin the loves of the innocent, unsuspecting heroes and heroines that we all know and love. But conflict and tension form the bones of most great art, and opera would not be opera without the Iagos, Scarpias, and {…}
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. Opera is rife with fathers, many of whom are some of the greatest characters in the artform. But which of opera’s famous father’s is most closely related to your own father. Take this quiz, tell us about your father and find out which opera dad best resembles him! As always, have {…}