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History and Listening QuizzesOn Mozart’s Don Giovanni

History Quiz

1. Where did the premiere of Don Giovanni take place?A ViennaB SalzburgC PragueD Warsaw

2. When did the premiere of Don Giovanni take place?A 1785B 1786C 1787D 1788

3. The premiere of Don Giovanni was performed by?A The Bondini CompanyB The Guardasoni CompanyC The Da Ponte CompanyD The Denzio Company

4. The premiere of Don Giovanni took place in:A The Palace of Count Johann ThunB The Kotce (or Nostitz, or National) TheaterC Count Sporck’s Opera TheaterD The Guardasoni Theater

5&6 Which two of the following four Mozart operas had NOT YET been composed at the time Don Giovanni was premiered? (circle two)

A The Clemency of TitusB The Marriage of FigaroC The Abduction from the SeraglioD The Magic Flute

7. Who wrote the following words: “I sat down at my table and did not leave it for twelve hours continuos – a bottle of Tokay to my right, a box of Seville to my left, in the middle an inkwell…A beautiful girl of sixteen…was living in the house…and came to my room at the sound of the bell. To tell the truth the bell rang rather frequently, especially at moments when I felt my inspiration was waning…The first day, between the Tokay, the snuff the coffee, the bell, and my young muse, I wrote the two first scenes of Don Giovanni.”

A Wolfgang A. MozartB Lorenzo Da PonteC Pasquale BondiniD Giuseppe Garibaldi

8. At the premiere of Don Giovanni, Felice Ponziani played the role of:A Don GiovanniB Don OttavioC LeporelloD Masetto

9. At the premiere of Don Giovanni, Teresa Saporiti played the role of:A Donna AnnaB Donna ElviraC Zerlina

10. Which of the following was NOT one of Goethe’s Rules for Actors?A The actor must present Nature in an idealized formB Whoever stands on the right side of the stage should act with

the left arm, and vice-versa, so that the chest is covered as little as possible.

C Never mobe diagonally down the proscenium since diagonal movements are extremely annoying to audiences.

D Actors should avoid playing to one another, as if no third person were present.

Listening Quiz

For each excerpt, indicate the Act from which it was drawn:

1. _______Madamina 1

2. _______Vedrai 2

3. _______Overature 1?

4. _______Finale Act2

5. _______La ci darem 1

6. _______Dalla Sua

7. _______Crudelle 2

8. _______Batti 1

9. _______

10. _______