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Which of these are NOT a characteristic of opera buffa?
Harmonic elements were serious in nature
In the opera Don Giovanni, who was “Leporello”?
servant to Don Giovanni
The women in the opera Don Giovanni were portrayed as
complex characters
Which of these characteristics is NOT true about Mozart’s operas?
He was the first to introduce the cantata to the opera stage
In the opera Don Giovanni, who is the “Zerlina?”
An engaged peasant girl
In the opera Don Giovanni, who is the “Commandant?”
elderly father of Donna Anna
How did Mozart change opera?
He mixed serious and comic elements to powerful effects
In the opera Don Giovanni, who was “Don Giovanni”?
aristocrat, villain
Which of these are NOT a reason that vocal ensembles were used in operas in the classical period?
Vocal ensembles sang sacred music to evoke feelings of church music
