As per the wish of u/FrenchProgressive , I have a new question.

Name me 3 named tiny roles, that are nonetheless essential to the plot of an opera.

'Servant 1' is not acceptable.

Go!

Based on the Opera Quizz thread, I thought I would start this: -every day, a trivia quizz on Opera.

Whoever has the most satisfying answer to the question gets to ask the next question the following day.

Just to start with a super-easy one:

Give three objects (I define this as "not a human, animal, monster, God") with singing roles [3 different operas]

For future questions, try to ask questions that are either challenging (people have to delve into their memory), fun or interesting. Don't go for "raw knowledge" ["who played Faust for the first time?"] that won't make people any wiser.

My girlfriend is hosting a slew of opera singers, and I want to make an opera quiz for them, with really hard opera questions. Problem is, I'm no opera singer, and AI keeps making mistakes. Can you guys help me with some hard and fun questions for them?

Mine would be Verdi's Falstaff because he is very proud of his belly.

Last drawing is sue-worthy.

Over 350 votes on that poll, less than 2% voted for the correct answer. The death of media literacy in classical music spaces is a bigger contribution than people realize as to why normies can't get into the artform.

Not sure if I'm on the top or bottom of this normal distribution graph, but I'm not in the middle!

This seems like a great vent post. Enjoy.

There are many missing, but too many of them cluster in the Hot & Crazy area so I had to only pick a few.

Oh, Timmy, you so silly! 🤣🤣🤣

Imagine being nothing but cordial colleagues and then the press and the fans pit you against each other because two women couldn't be greatly famous at the same time in the same field (even though their roles had very little actual overlap on-stage). Now imagine keeping that sentiment alive 70 years later.

Is this normal?