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  • 1. Who is the current chair of the Melbourne Opera board?
A) David Pitt
B) Raymond Lawrence
C) Richard Divall
D) Greg Hocking
  • 2. Who serves as the Patron-in-Chief of Melbourne Opera?
A) Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
B) Lady Hamer
C) Sylvia Fisher
D) Lady Potter
  • 3. In what year was the Melbourne Opera Orchestra founded?
A) 2015
B) 2017
C) 2018
D) 2003
  • 4. To which country did the Melbourne Opera Orchestra tour in 2015/2016 and 2016/2017?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) Japan
D) China
  • 5. Who holds the position of conductor-in-residence at Melbourne Opera?
A) Raymond Lawrence
B) John Dingle
C) Greg Hocking
D) David Kram
  • 6. Who is the Head of Music at Melbourne Opera?
A) Patrick Burns
B) Matthew Toogood
C) Raymond Lawrence
D) Greg Hocking
  • 7. Which soprano made a bequest that supports the Richard Divall Emerging Artists Program?
A) Dame Joan Sutherland
B) Lady Hamer
C) Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
D) Sylvia Fisher
  • 8. When was the first intake of performers for the Richard Divall Emerging Artists Program?
A) 2015
B) 2003
C) 2018
D) 2017
  • 9. Which of these individuals is listed as a stage director for Melbourne Opera?
A) Richard Bonynge
B) Greg Hocking
C) Bruce Beresford
D) David Pitt
  • 10. Melbourne Opera is organized as what type of company?
A) Private equity
B) Charitable
C) Governmental
D) Commercial
  • 11. Which of these individuals is a Founding Patron of Melbourne Opera?
A) David Pitt
B) Raymond Lawrence
C) Greg Hocking
D) Sir Zelman Cowen
  • 12. In what year did Richard Divall pass away?
A) 2015
B) 2017
C) 2003
D) 2018
  • 13. Which stage director is associated with Melbourne Opera?
A) John Dingle
B) Lady Potter
C) Richard Bonynge
D) Suzanne Chaundy
  • 14. Which guest conductor has worked with Melbourne Opera?
A) Greg Carroll
B) Bruce Beresford
C) Robert Ray
D) Anthony Negus
  • 15. In which year did Melbourne Opera perform 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?
A) 2009
B) 2005
C) 2007
D) 2003
  • 16. Which composer wrote the opera 'Fidelio', performed by Melbourne Opera in 2013 and 2020?
A) Wagner
B) Mozart
C) Beethoven
D) Verdi
  • 17. Which opera was performed by Melbourne Opera in both 2003 and 2014?
A) La traviata
B) The Pearl Fishers
C) Carmen
D) Madama Butterfly
  • 18. In what year did Melbourne Opera produce 'Der fliegende Holländer'?
A) 2018
B) 2022
C) 2019
D) 2021
  • 19. Which work by Gilbert and Sullivan did Melbourne Opera perform in 2017?
A) The Merry Widow
B) The Barber of Seville
C) Die Fledermaus
D) H.M.S. Pinafore
  • 20. How many times was 'Madama Butterfly' performed by Melbourne Opera between 2004 and 2014 according to the list?
A) 4
B) 6
C) 5
D) 7
  • 21. Which Wagner opera was performed by Melbourne Opera in 2016?
A) Das Rheingold
B) Tannhäuser
C) Tristan und Isolde
D) Lohengrin
  • 22. Which Donizetti opera was performed in 2024?
A) Anna Bolena
B) Lucia di Lammermoor
C) Roberto Devereux
D) Maria Stuarda
  • 23. In 2022, which Wagner opera was added to the repertoire alongside 'Die Walküre' and 'Siegfried'?
A) Der Ring des Nibelungen
B) None of the above
C) Tannhäuser
D) Das Rheingold
  • 24. Which opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht did Melbourne Opera perform in 2022?
A) Pagliacci
B) Die Fledermaus
C) Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
D) The Merry Widow
  • 25. Who composed 'The Barber of Seville'?
A) Puccini
B) Rossini
C) Verdi
D) Mozart
  • 26. In which year did Melbourne Opera perform 'Anna Bolena'?
A) 2018
B) 2017
C) 2015
D) 2016
  • 27. Which Puccini opera was performed in 2024?
A) La bohème and Suor Angelica
B) Tosca
C) La traviata
D) Madama Butterfly
  • 28. Which composer wrote 'The Merry Widow'?
A) Strauss
B) Bizet
C) Lehár
D) Rossini
  • 29. In 2023, Melbourne Opera performed 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' and which other opera?
A) Norma
B) Maria Stuarda
C) Lucrezia Borgia
D) Macbeth
  • 30. In what year was Melbourne Opera founded?
A) 2005
B) 2007
C) 2010
D) 2002
  • 31. Where is the principal rehearsal and performance home of Melbourne Opera?
A) Ulumbarra Theatre
B) Melbourne Concert Hall
C) Theatre Royal
D) Athenaeum Theatre
  • 32. What is the official corporate name of Melbourne Opera?
A) Melbourne Metropolitan Opera Ltd
B) Victorian Opera Foundation Ltd
C) National Opera of Australia Ltd
D) South East Regional Touring Opera Ltd
  • 33. When did the company change its corporate name?
A) 30 December 2010
B) 15 March 2005
C) 1 June 2007
D) 1 January 2002
  • 34. Who directed the production of La traviata in the inaugural season?
A) Blair Edgar
B) Wagner
C) Richard Divall
D) Caroline Stacey
  • 35. What was the company's first large scale tour production in 2006?
A) Das Rheingold
B) Don Giovanni
C) Die Walküre
D) The Magic Flute
  • 36. With which university did the company partner from 2010 to 2018?
A) Deakin University
B) University of Melbourne
C) Monash University
D) RMIT University
  • 37. What program was established by Melbourne Opera in 2017?
A) Victorian Touring Fund
B) Opera Composition Fellowship
C) Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme
D) Wagner Training Initiative
  • 38. In which city were the full Ring Cycles performed in 2023?
A) Canberra
B) Hobart
C) Geelong
D) Bendigo
  • 39. At which theatre did the company present the full Ring Cycles in 2023?
A) Monash Performing Arts Centre
B) Theatre Royal
C) Athenaeum Theatre
D) Ulumbarra Theatre
  • 40. Who performed the role of Wotan in the Bendigo Ring production?
A) James Egglestone
B) Warwick Fyfe
C) Simon Meadows
D) Steven Gallop
  • 41. Which opera was the first in the four-year Ring project?
A) Die Walküre
B) Siegfried
C) Das Rheingold
D) Götterdämmerung
  • 42. Who performed the role of Alberich?
A) Simon Meadows
B) Warwick Fyfe
C) Robert Macfarlane
D) James Egglestone
  • 43. How many main stage productions does the company mount each year?
A) Five to ten
B) Ten to twelve
C) Three to five
D) One to two
  • 44. Which opera received its staged premiere during the 2023 Ring Cycle?
A) Das Rheingold
B) Siegfried
C) La traviata
D) Die Walküre
  • 45. Who performed the role of Erda?
A) Zara Barrett
B) Antoinette Halloran
C) Lee Abrahmsen
D) Deborah Humble
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