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In this video, we'll test your smarts with a selection of questions and answers that cover a wide range of opera and theater concepts, from history’s greatest opera composers to the spectrum of unforgettable musicals, plays, and productions that still grace our screens and stages. Some of the questions covered include:

0:12 - Who wrote the popular opera ‘La Traviata’?

0:46 - What’s the name of the Italian opera by George Handel, which was based on Julius Caesar’s visit to Egypt between 48 and 47 BC?

1:09 - Which controversial 1970s musical tells the story about the tension between Jesus and Judas through rock music and youth culture?

1:50 - Which Shakespearean tragedy tells the story of two lovers, whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families? 

2:25 - Which Shakespearean comedy is this: Prospero, the Duke of Milan, takes revenge on his enemies through the use of magic.

3:20 - Which Shakespearean comedy is this: The fairy queen Titania is magically changed to fall in love with whatever person or creature she happens to see when she awakes.

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