Theater, Shakespeare, Opera, Classical, Dance Flashcards
(105 cards)
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American midcentury Broadway actor couple
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Lunt and Fontanne
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Composer of Norma
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Bellini
3
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Actress & mistress of Charles II
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Nell Gwyn
4
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Composer of Tosca
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Puccini
5
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Composer of Macbeth
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Verdi
6
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19th c Italian violin virtuoso
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Paganini
7
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Composer of La traviata
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Verdi
8
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Composer of Ivanhoe
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Arthur Sullivan
9
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Composer of Turn of the Screw
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Benjamin Britten
10
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12th century German female composer
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Hildegard von Binge
11
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Composer of Peter and the Wolf
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Prokofiev
12
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Equus playwright
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Peter Shaffer
13
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Composer of Rigoletto
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Verdi
14
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“Bluebeard’s Castle” only opera by
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Bela Bartok
15
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Choreographed Appalachian Spring
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Martha Graham
16
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Composer of The Planets
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Holst
17
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Four parts of The Ring cycle
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Das Rheingold, Die Walkure (Valkyrie), Siegfried, Gotterdammerung (twilight of the gods)
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Broadway revue of Fats Waller music
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Ain’t Misbehavin
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90s-00s Italian coloratura
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Cecilia Bartoli
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Meaning of La Traviata
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The Fallen Woman
21
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Popular flautist
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James Galway
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Oklahoman ballerina
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Maria Tallchief
23
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Composer of Hansel and Gretel
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Englebert Humperdinck
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Composer of Madama Butterfly
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Puccini
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Nureyev's partner at Royal Ballet
Margot Fonteyn
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Composer of Cosi fan Tutte
Mozart
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Composer of Bolero
Ravel
28
Native American ballerina sisters
Maria and Marjorie Tallchief
29
Led Boston Pops for 50 years
Arthur Fiedler
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Composer of Billy Budd
Benjamin Britten
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Composer of Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun
Debussy
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Mark Twain in one man show
Hal Holbrook
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American who won Russian piano competition
Van Cliburn
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Composer of Boris Godunov
Mussorgsky
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Composer of Don Carlo
Verdi
36
Oratorio composer
Handel
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Black classical pianist
Andre Watts
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Kenneth Lonergan plays
This Is Our Youth, Lobby Hero
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Greek, 1st actor known by name
Thespis
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Popular flautist
James Galway
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Defected from Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Defected from Kirov Ballet
Rudolf Nureyev
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Composer of Lucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti
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Romani-French jazz guitarist
Django Reinhardt
45
Composer of Pictures at an Exhibition
Mussorgsky
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Composer of Fidelio
Beethoven
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Composer of Night on Bald Mountain
Mussorgsky
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Early 20th c. Russian ballet dancer
Vaslav Nijinsky
49
My Fair Lady on Broadway
Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews
50
#1 Renaissance Venetian School painter
Titian
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Originated roles of Hamlet and Macbeth
Richard Burbage
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Early 20th c Italian tenor
Enrico Caruso
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Andean coloratura
Yma Sumac
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Composer of Salome
Richard Strauss
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Composer of Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart
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Swedish Nightingale
Jenny Lind
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Composer of Dido and Aeneas
Purcell
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Played "Hello Dolly" on Broadway
Carol Channing
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Composer of Il trovatore
Verdi
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English comic opera singer, parody summaries of Wagner and G&S
Anna Russell
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Japanese conductor
Seiji Ozawa
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Composer of Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss
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Composer of Tristan und Isolde
Wagner
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First Af-am soprano to receive international acclaim
Leontyne Price
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Composer of Aida
Verdi
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Af-fam soprano particularly known for Aida
Leontyne Price
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Phantom of the Opera on Broadway
Michael Crawford
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Composer of Rape of Lucretia
Benjamin Britten
69
Great Catalan cellist
Pablo Casals
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"La clemenza di Tito" opera by
Mozart
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Composer of La Boheme
Puccini
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Composer of Carmen
Bizet
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Composer of La Cenerentola
Rossini
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NY Phil conductor after Bernstein
Zubin Mehta
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Composer of Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
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Composer of Die Meistersinger
Wagner
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This Is Our Youth playwright
Kenneth Lonergan
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Composer of William Tell
Rossini
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Composer whose work includes elements of Hungarian folk music and eerie dissonances "Night music"
Bela Bartok
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Composer of Barber of Seville
Rossini
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Composer of Falstaff
Verdi
82
Choreographer of Afternoon of a Faun
Nijinsky
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America's first major prima ballerina, in The Firebird
Maria Tallchief
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Composer of L'elisir d'amore
Donizetti
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Choreographed Oklahoma
Agnes de Mille
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Choreographer of The Firebird
George Balanchine
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Pablo Casals plays the
cello
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Composer of Enigma Variations
Elgar
89
Composer of Grand Polonaise
Chopin
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Composer of Amahl and the Night Visitors
Menotti
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Composer of Thus Spake Zarathustra
Richard Strauss
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Early modern dancer
Isadora Duncan
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Composer of Elektra
Richard Strauss
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Composer of Don Giovanni
Mozart
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Composer of Turandot
Puccini
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Hungarian composer, one of the founders of comparative/ethnomusicology
Bela Bartok
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Opera about Nubia
Aida
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Met Opera music director
Arthur Levine
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Composer of Einstein on the Beach
Philip Glass
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Composer of Sabre Dance
Khatchaturian
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Australian bel canto soprano
Joan Sutherland
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Composer of Gloriana
Benjamin Britten
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Composer of Orpheus in the Underworld
Offenbach
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Tevye on Broadway and movie
Zero Mostel/Topol
105
My Fair Lady on Broadway
Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews
