Opera and Literature

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Which opera is based on the novel \"Carmen\" by Prosper Mérimée?

  1. La Traviata

  2. Carmen

  3. La Bohème

  4. Tosca


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Carmen is an opera by Georges Bizet, based on the novel of the same name by Prosper Mérimée.

Which opera is based on the play \"Macbeth\" by William Shakespeare?

  1. Macbeth

  2. Otello

  3. Falstaff

  4. La Forza del Destino


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Macbeth is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.

Which opera is based on the novel \"Les Misérables\" by Victor Hugo?

  1. Les Misérables

  2. Cosi fan tutte

  3. The Magic Flute

  4. Don Giovanni


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Les Misérables is a musical based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.

Which opera is based on the play \"Faust\" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?

  1. Faust

  2. Mefistofele

  3. La Damnation de Faust

  4. Roméo et Juliette


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Faust is an opera by Charles Gounod, based on the play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Which opera is based on the novel \"Anna Karenina\" by Leo Tolstoy?

  1. Anna Karenina

  2. Eugene Onegin

  3. The Queen of Spades

  4. Boris Godunov


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Anna Karenina is an opera by Philip Glass, based on the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy.

Which opera is based on the play \"The Marriage of Figaro\" by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais?

  1. The Marriage of Figaro

  2. Così fan tutte

  3. Don Giovanni

  4. The Barber of Seville


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Marriage of Figaro is an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the play of the same name by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.

Which opera is based on the novel \"Moby-Dick\" by Herman Melville?

  1. Moby-Dick

  2. Billy Budd

  3. Peter Grimes

  4. The Turn of the Screw


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Moby-Dick is an opera by Jake Heggie, based on the novel of the same name by Herman Melville.

Which opera is based on the play \"Hamlet\" by William Shakespeare?

  1. Hamlet

  2. Otello

  3. Falstaff

  4. La Forza del Destino


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hamlet is an opera by Ambroise Thomas, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.

Which opera is based on the novel \"The Great Gatsby\" by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

  1. The Great Gatsby

  2. Porgy and Bess

  3. Show Boat

  4. Oklahoma!


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Great Gatsby is an opera by John Harbison, based on the novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Which opera is based on the play \"Romeo and Juliet\" by William Shakespeare?

  1. Romeo and Juliet

  2. West Side Story

  3. The Fantasticks

  4. Fiddler on the Roof


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Romeo and Juliet is an opera by Charles Gounod, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.

Which opera is based on the novel \"The Magic Mountain\" by Thomas Mann?

  1. The Magic Mountain

  2. Death in Venice

  3. Doktor Faustus

  4. Lulu


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Magic Mountain is an opera by Hans Werner Henze, based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Mann.

Which opera is based on the play \"The Threepenny Opera\" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill?

  1. The Threepenny Opera

  2. Cabaret

  3. Chicago

  4. Sweeney Todd


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Threepenny Opera is an opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, based on the play of the same name by Bertolt Brecht.

Which opera is based on the novel \"The Turn of the Screw\" by Henry James?

  1. The Turn of the Screw

  2. Billy Budd

  3. Peter Grimes

  4. The Aspern Papers


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Turn of the Screw is an opera by Benjamin Britten, based on the novel of the same name by Henry James.

Which opera is based on the play \"Così fan tutte\" by Lorenzo da Ponte?

  1. The Marriage of Figaro

  2. Così fan tutte

  3. Don Giovanni

  4. The Barber of Seville


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Così fan tutte is an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the play of the same name by Lorenzo da Ponte.

Which opera is based on the novel \"The Aspern Papers\" by Henry James?

  1. The Turn of the Screw

  2. Billy Budd

  3. Peter Grimes

  4. The Aspern Papers


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Aspern Papers is an opera by Dominick Argento, based on the novel of the same name by Henry James.

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