MUL 14: Classical Genres: Vocal Music

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