Literature and Opera Trivia Questions
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What is the English title of the novel that served as the basis for Isidore de Lara's opera 'Les Trois Mousquetaires'?
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three musketeers
In Ambroise Thomas' opera, which character becomes king of Denmark, differing from his fate in Shakespeare's play?
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hamlet
Which Danish author wrote the fairy tale that film composer Nino Rota based his opera on as a student, titled 'The Prince and the Swineherd'?
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hans christian andersen
Which famous novel by Miguel de Cervantes was the inspiration for an opera composed by Jules Massenet?
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don quixote
Which author wrote the play that Marvin David Levy's opera 'Mourning Becomes Electra' is based on?
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eugene o'neill
Which Norwegian playwright's works inspired the operas 'The Feast at Solhaug' and 'Peer Gynt'?
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henrik ibsen
Which author wrote the works that Benjamin Britten's operas 'The Turn of the Screw' and 'Owen Wingrave' are adapted from?
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henry james
Which 1981 opera, based on a Tolstoy novel, begins and ends at a Moscow railway station?
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anna karenina
What is the title of the Edgar Allan Poe story about a stolen letter that inspired the German opera 'Das Geheimnis des Entwendeten Briefes'?
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purloined letter
What is the title of the Abbe Prevost novel on which Jules Massenet's most famous opera 'Manon' is based?
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manon lescaut
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