[Quiz 1]
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[Quiz 3]

Welcome to Quiz 1 of Alex's Opera Quizzes

These quizzes were developed to entertain the internet community. Quiz 1, which has been on my site since it was first launched, is Gruberova related. Quiz 2 and quiz 3 were added 25 Mar 2000. They are more generally opera related, but you will do well if you know about Edita Gruberova's repertoire.

This is how it works: Read the questions and answers in the pull-down menue or at the radio buttons carefully. In the end, press the "get score" button and the percentage of correct answers will be shown. "Clear" will enable you to start over. If you do not select an answer, it will be scored as "wrong".
Have fun and let's go!

1. Edita Gruberova was born in

2. She gave her debut in her hometown as

3. She gave her debut at the Vienna State Opera as

4. Her world career was founded on the Interpretation of

5. The conductor she worked with the most in her most famous role at the beginning of her world-career was

6. Another role that made her worldfamous in the late 70ies and early 80ies was

7. One of her concert programs she performs regularly at present is entitled

8. Edita Gruberova is a great interpreter of Donizetti's

9. One of the operas she has performed very often is Lucia di Lammermoor. Do you have an idea how many times?

10. The name of the book where singers in former times wrote down the coloraturas and which Edita Gruberova sometimes refers when preparing for a role is called

11. What do the sopranos Gabriela Benackova, Cheryl Studer and Eva Marton have in common, in relation to Gruberova?

12. Which aria contains the highest notes Gruberova has ever recorded?

13. In which opera did Gruberova and Carlo Bergonzi sing together on stage?

14. All of the "Three Tenors" have commercial recordings with Gruberova. But only one of them has performed on stage with her. Who?

15. Name the work in which E.G. did 3 different roles (live or on recording), in the same performance/recording.

16. Name the work in which E.G. did 3 different roles (live or on recording), but each in a different performance / recording.

17. Edita Gruberova does not perform Mozart's Queen of the Night from Die Zauberflöte any more. Why?

18. Which role is in her opinion the most demanding physically?

19. Which Opera Houses does she sing at most often?

20. What is Edita Gruberova's Nickname among critics and fans?

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Evaluation

  • 0- 20 %: Have you ever been to an opera?
  • 21 - 40 %: You must think COLORATURA is an ice cream flavour!
  • 41 - 60 %: You must have at least one Bel Canto CD!
  • 61 - 80 %: Is Italian Opera of the 19th century your favorite music? Welcome to the club!
  • 81 - 100 %: See you at Edita Gruberova' s next performance!

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