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A World of Music. Operas through time

Write the operas in chronological order, starting from the oldest.

  • Jacopo Peri-Daphne
  • Claudio Monteverdi-L'Orfeo
  • Händel-Orlando
  • Christoph Gluck-Orfeo and Eurydice
  • Mozart-Don Giovanni
  • Verdi-Il trovatore
  • Puccini-Tosca
  • Richard Strauss-The Knight of the Rose
  • Igor Stravinsky-Oedipus Rex
  • Carl Orff-Antigone

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A World of Music. Zarzuelas and authors

Match the zarzuelas with their authors. Write the correct letter in the box.

Alfredo Kraus
Nacho. Alfredo Kraus. Wikimedia Commons (CC BY)

El barberillo de Lavapiés 1
La verbena de la paloma 2
El huésped del sevillano 3
Luisa Fernanda 4
Doña Francisquita 5
La boda de Luis Alonso 6
La revoltosa 7

A. Jacinto Guerrero
B. Jerónimo Jiménez
C. Francisco Barbieri
D. Ruperto Chapí
E. Moreno Torroba
F. Tomás Bretón
G. Amadeo Vives

Alfredo Kraus (1927-1999) was a Spanish tenor who sang operas and zarzuelas. He has a great technique and reached high registers almost effortlessly. He was awarded the Principe de Asturias Award in 1997.

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A World of Music. True-False

Question 1

1.  Jacopo Peri wrote the first opera. It was called Daphne

Question 2

2. Baroque opera developed in the 19th century. 

Question 3

3. Baroque operas used love, tragedy and death in their stories.

Question 4

4. Classical opera developed between 1750 and 1799. 

Question 5

5. Classical authors wanted a lot of people to see their operas, not only aristocracy. 

Question 6

6. Romantic opera was influenced by the Italian Bel Canto school.

Question 7

7. Impressionism, minimalism and surrealism are 20th century movements.

Question 8

8. Zarzuelas disappeared in the 19th century.

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