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Opera and Film

Description: Opera and Film Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Interwoven Worlds of Opera and Cinema
Number of Questions: 15
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Which iconic opera was adapted into the 1958 film "Gigi"?

  1. La Bohème

  2. Carmen

  3. Madama Butterfly

  4. La Traviata


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

"La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi was adapted into the 1958 film "Gigi", directed by Vincente Minnelli.

In the 1984 film "Amadeus," which opera composer's life is depicted?

  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  2. Giuseppe Verdi

  3. Giacomo Puccini

  4. Richard Wagner


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The 1984 film "Amadeus" tells the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life and rivalry with Antonio Salieri.

Which opera is featured prominently in the 1990 film "Pretty Woman"?

  1. La Bohème

  2. Carmen

  3. Madama Butterfly

  4. Rigoletto


Correct Option:
Explanation:

The opera featured in the film "Pretty Woman" is "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi.

The 2004 film "The Phantom of the Opera" is based on which composer's opera of the same name?

  1. Andrew Lloyd Webber

  2. Giuseppe Verdi

  3. Giacomo Puccini

  4. Richard Wagner


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The 2004 film "The Phantom of the Opera" is based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical of the same name, which in turn is based on Gaston Leroux's novel.

In the 2012 film "Anna Karenina," which opera is performed during a pivotal scene?

  1. La Bohème

  2. Carmen

  3. Madama Butterfly

  4. Eugene Onegin


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The opera performed in the film "Anna Karenina" is "Eugene Onegin" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Which opera is featured in the 2015 film "The Danish Girl"?

  1. La Bohème

  2. Carmen

  3. Madama Butterfly

  4. Orfeo ed Euridice


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The opera featured in the film "The Danish Girl" is "Orfeo ed Euridice" by Christoph Willibald Gluck.

The 2017 film "Call Me by Your Name" features which opera aria?

  1. Nessun dorma

  2. La donna è mobile

  3. O mio babbino caro

  4. Una furtiva lagrima


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The opera aria featured in the film "Call Me by Your Name" is "Una furtiva lagrima" from Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore".

Which opera is performed in the 2018 film "Bohemian Rhapsody"?

  1. La Bohème

  2. Carmen

  3. Madama Butterfly

  4. Tosca


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The opera performed in the film "Bohemian Rhapsody" is "La Bohème" by Giacomo Puccini.

The 2019 film "Marriage Story" features which opera aria?

  1. Nessun dorma

  2. La donna è mobile

  3. O mio babbino caro

  4. Una furtiva lagrima


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The opera aria featured in the film "Marriage Story" is "O mio babbino caro" from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Gianni Schicchi".

Which opera is featured in the 2021 film "Spencer"?

  1. La Bohème

  2. Carmen

  3. Madama Butterfly

  4. Rigoletto


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The opera featured in the film "Spencer" is "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi.

In the 1981 film "Diva," which opera singer is the central character?

  1. Maria Callas

  2. Joan Sutherland

  3. Montserrat Caballé

  4. Renata Tebaldi


Correct Option:
Explanation:

The central character in the film "Diva" is Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, a fictional opera singer.

Which opera is featured in the 1996 film "Farinelli," which tells the story of the castrato singer Carlo Broschi?

  1. La Bohème

  2. Carmen

  3. Madama Butterfly

  4. Rinaldo


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The opera featured in the film "Farinelli" is "Rinaldo" by George Frideric Handel.

In the 2000 film "Dancer in the Dark," which opera singer plays the lead role?

  1. Björk

  2. Catherine Deneuve

  3. Isabelle Huppert

  4. Juliette Binoche


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The lead role in the film "Dancer in the Dark" is played by Björk, who is also an opera singer.

Which opera is featured in the 2006 film "The Queen," which depicts the life of Queen Elizabeth II?

  1. La Bohème

  2. Carmen

  3. Madama Butterfly

  4. Semiramide


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The opera featured in the film "The Queen" is "Semiramide" by Gioachino Rossini.

In the 2013 film "The Great Beauty," which opera aria is performed during a key scene?

  1. Nessun dorma

  2. La donna è mobile

  3. O mio babbino caro

  4. Una furtiva lagrima


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The opera aria performed in the film "The Great Beauty" is "Nessun dorma" from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot".

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