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Born in Florence, who wrote the libretto for Jacopo Peri’s opera “La Dafne”? The two would collaborate again on the first opera for which music still exists “L’Euridice”.
OTTAVIO RINUCCINI
Concerning a virtuous wife falsely accused of infidelity, what is the name of the only opera by Robert Schumann? It only ran for three performances during its premiere and the negative criticism put the composer off doing another.
GENOVEVA
Which work by Kaija Saariaho is based on an 18th century marquise who was a mathematician and mistress to Voltaire? She was the first woman to establish an international scientific reputation.
ÉMILIE (De Chatelet)
Which work by Kaija Saariaho features the character Jaufré Rudel, one of the first great 12th century troubadours?
L’AMOUR DE LOIN (LOVE FROM AFAR)
Never having its score published with most of the music being lost, what is the subtitle of Gilbert & Sullivan’s first operetta “Thespis”?
GODS GROWN OLD
Named for a Moorish leader’s son, what is the Franz Schubert opera that centres around the tales of Charlemagne?
FIERRABRAS
With “Jupiter” bringing jollity and “Saturn” old age, what does “Venus” bring in “The Planets” of Gustav Holst?
PEACE
One of the most obviously appropriate from the suite, what three-word nickname does Gustav Holst’s “Mercury” carry?
THE WINGED MESSENGER
Coloratura mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli is a cavaliere of what Italian order of merit, which should not be confused with the sixth King of Israel?
OMRI (ORDINE AL MERITO DELLA REPUBBLICA ITALIAN)
Miles Davis, Kaija Saariaho and Cecilia Bartoli are among those who have won which Danish highest music honour, which first went to Igor Stravinsky in 1959?
LÉONIE SONNING MUSIC PRIZE
Which Swedish music prize was founded in 1989 by Abba’s manager Stig Anderson, including Cecilia Bartoli among its winners? Unoriginally, it has been called the ‘Nobel Prize of music’.
POLAR MUSIC PRIZE
Named for where he was staying at the time and the first of his three symphonies to be named for a city, what number does Mozart’s “Paris symphony” carry?
31
Getting its title from where it was first performed and the last of his symphonies to be named for a city, what number does Mozart’s “Prague symphony” carry?
38
Obviously not named for a place where he was staying or where it was performed, what name is given to Mozart’s 41st and last symphony?
JUPITER
Situated between the 31st “Paris symphony” and 38th “Prague symphony”, which city gives its name to Mozart’s 36th symphony, being the location of a stopover he and his wife made?
LINZ
From the family that commissioned it, what surname is given to Mozart’s 35th symphony, not to be confused with a Mozart serenade that also carries the same name?
HAFFNER
Inspired after a trip to the Rhineland with his wife Clara, what name is given to Robert Schumann’s third symphony, the last one he composed, though not the last he published?
RHENISH
Which opera by French composer Ambroise Thomas is based on Goethe’s “Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship” and named for a female character in the original novel?
MIGNON
Andrew March’s inaugural Masterprize winning work “Marine – à travres les arbres” was influenced by an impressionistic painting by which artist?
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR
Andrew March’s inaugural Masterprize winning work “Marine – à travres les arbres” was influenced by an impressionistic painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir, which has its setting as Moulin Huet Bay in which location?
GUERNSEY
The Andrew March work “Sanguis Venenatus” is based on what UK scandal, that saw people with haemophilia infected with hepatitis C and HIV during the 1970s and 1980s through the NHS?
TAINTED / CONTAMINATED BLOOD SCANDAL
Considered one of the greatest art music works of the 21st century, which Hebrew word for ‘bars of music’ provides the title to a work by Thomas Adès that made the 2017 Classic Voice list?
TEVOT
Considered one of the greatest art music works of the 21st century, which three words about an event featured in “Genesis” provide the title to a work by Thomas Adès that made the 2017 Classic Voice list?
IN SEVEN DAYS
Which composer’s famous works include the “St. Matthew Passion”, a sacred oratorio that sets the 26th and 27th chapters of the Gospel of “Matthew” to music?
JS BACH
Which famous carol’s melody is adapted from Felix Mendelssohn’s “Vaterland, in deinen Gauen”?
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
One of the most frequently staged of Jules Massenet’s many operas is which 1884 work, its title being much shorter than the full nine-word name of the Abbé Prevost novel it is based on?
MANON
Which American minimalist composer has works including “Pendulum Music”, “Music for 18 Musicians” and the Grammy Award winning World War II piece “Different Trains”?
STEVE REICH
Daniel Auber wrote which work that is considered to be the first French Grand Opera, a genre characterised by large-scale casts and orchestras with lavish and spectacular stage design and effects?
LA MUETTE DE PORTICI / THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI
Librettist Eugène Scribe collaborated with Daniel Auber as well as which other Grand Opera composer, with one example being “Robert le diable”?
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Sung by Lauretta, the title character’s daughter, what is the famous aria from “Gianni Schicchi”?
O MIO BABBINO CARO
Paul Dukas’ opera “Ariadne and Bluebeard” is based on an 1899 play by which Symbolist writer?
MAURICE MAETERLINCK
Symbolist writer Maurice Maeterlinck is known for which play that was first performed in 1893, subsequently being adapted into an opera by Claude Debussy?
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE
Named for a city, which concerto by Richard Addinsell was used for the 1941 film “Dangerous Moonlight”, being chosen by Dambusters leader Guy Gibson as his first choice when he appeared on “Desert Island Discs”?
WARSAW CONCERTO
“Daphnis et Chloé” is a 1912 work by which composer, first presented as a ballet but more frequently given as a concert work?
MAURICE RAVEL
The role being played by Vaslav Nijinsky in its premiere at Paris’ Théâtre du Châtelet, what is the occupation of Daphnis in Maurice Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé”?
GOATHERD
A Russian prima ballerina associated with The Royal Ballet, Tamara Karsavina was the original performer of Chloé in Maurice Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé”. What is the character’s occupation?
SHEPHERDESS
Now classed by UNESCO as a Global Geopark, on which island does Maurice Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloé” take place?
LESBOS
Often being performed and recorded on its own, which excerpt from Antonin Dvorak’s 1901 opera “Rusalka” is a soprano aria performed by the title character in Act 1?
SONG TO THE MOON
Consisting of three movements called “Nuages”, “Fêtes” and “Sirènes”, what name is given to a late 19th-century work by Claude Debussy partly based on poems by symbolist Henri de Régnier?
NOCTURNES / TROIS NOCTURNES / THREE NOCTURNES
Claude Debussy’s unfinished opera “Rodrigue et Chimène” was meant to be a biography of which legendary figure, its premiere occurring in 1993 after being completed by Russian Edison Denisov?
EL CID
Claude Debussy vigorously rejected what term to describe his music, nevertheless being considered by many the first from what late 19th-century movement, sharing its name with an art classification?
IMPRESSIONISM
An early 20th-century orchestral composition by Claude Debussy that is divided into three sections called “Gigues”, “Ibéria” and “Rondes de Printemps” shares what word in its title with an earlier Debussy work that is a suite of six compositions for solo piano?
IMAGES
Which orchestral composition by Claude Debussy had Hokusai’s “Great Wave off Kanagawa” on the cover of its printed score?
LA MER
Adapted to form the soundtrack of “Untitled Goose Game”, what group of 24 pieces for solo piano includes a citation from Charles Baudelaire’s “Fleurs du Mal”?
PRÉLUDES
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