#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $200: The title character in Antonin Dvořák's opera "Rusalka" is one of these water-dwelling creatures a nymph |
#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $400: Born in Naples in 1873, this opera legend is seen here in costume for the lead role in "Pagliacci" Caruso |
#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $600: It's been called the lowest & richest sound among female voices; Erda in "Siegfried" is a notable role for one a contralto |
#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $800: In this 1791 opera Tamino is given the title musical instrument to protect him on his journey The Magic Flute |
#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $1,000 (Daily Double): A play by French dramatist Pierre Beaumarchais served as the basis for this Rossini opera set in a Spanish city The Barber of Seville |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | & THEN TO THE OPERA HOUSE! $200: Have a g'day at this city's Taronga Zoo, opened in 1884, then have a g'night at the opera house Sydney |
#8516, aired 2021-11-22 | YOU GOT A LOT OF IRV, PAL! $1200: Irving Thalberg, who has a building named for him on our Sony lot, produced "A Night at the Opera" for this comedy team in 1935 the Marx Brothers |
#8315, aired 2021-01-15 | ENTERTAINING BROTHERS $400: These brothers starred in the classic film "A Night at the Opera" the Marx Brothers |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $200: After his U.S. debut with Joan Sutherland in 1965, this bearded Italian tenor hit the high C's as Tonjo in "La fille du régiment" Pavarotti |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $400: Opera hits a real low note (a "D") in an aria by Osmin, a role for this vocal range in Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio" bass |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $800: In a Samuel Barber opera, you know that this queen is about to die when a man enters carrying a basket of figs Cleopatra |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $1000: The king's aria to a tree is a highlight of Handel's "Serse", about the Persian king better known as this Xerxes |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $3,000 (Daily Double): The name of this famed opera house in Milan built by Maria Theresa in the 1770s translates to "the staircase" La Scala |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | CLASSIC FILM $1600: 1930s comedy classics starring this zany trio include "A Day at the Races" & "A Night at the Opera" the Marx Brothers |
#7699, aired 2018-02-15 | THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $400: Act 2 opens at the opera house with a lavish masquerade ball to celebrate this festive winter night
"Masquerade / Every face a different shade / Masquerade..." New Year's Eve |
#7620, aired 2017-10-27 | 1970s ALBUMS $2000: Queen followed up "A Night at the Opera" with this 1976 album, also the title of a Marx Brothers film A Day at the Races |
#6680, aired 2013-10-04 | LIFE IS A SOAP OPERA $600: It was "Another World" for this actor as Dr. Canard in 1984, the same year he began playing Dr. Crane at night Kelsey Grammer |
#6057, aired 2011-01-04 | MARXISMS $1200: Film in which Groucho asks, "Wouldn't it be simpler if you just put the stateroom in the trunk?" A Night at the Opera |
#5744, aired 2009-07-23 | QUOTATIONS FROM BARTLETT'S $800: Julius Epstein, Philip Epstein & Howard Koch are grouped together for quotes from this classic 1942 film Casablanca |
#5704, aired 2009-05-28 | A WORLD OF OPERA $400 (Daily Double): This explorer turns up as a character in "A Night at the Chinese Opera" Marco Polo |
#4214, aired 2002-12-19 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $400: Act IV of this opera begins with Desdemona's "Willow Song" Otello |
#4214, aired 2002-12-19 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $800: He was only 24 when he composed "The Pearl Fishers", which was rediscovered after the success of his "Carmen" Georges Bizet |
#4214, aired 2002-12-19 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $1200: It's the English translation of the title of Bellini's "La Sonnambula" The Sleepwalker |
#4214, aired 2002-12-19 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $1600: The first & second Knights of the Grail are roles in this 1882 Wagner opera Parsifal |
#4214, aired 2002-12-19 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $2000: This Tchaikovsky opera was based on Pushkin's 1833 "Novel in Verse" Eugene Onegin |
#3651, aired 2000-06-19 | POSTS $300: Irving Thalberg produced "A Night at the Opera" as a unit producer at this studio MGM |
#3614, aired 2000-04-27 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $200: A not very realistic Ceylon is the setting for Bizet's work about "fishers" for these gems Pearls |
#3614, aired 2000-04-27 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $400: Verdi's "Un Giorno Di Regno", translated as "King For" this long, got only 1 performance A day |
#3614, aired 2000-04-27 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $600: As Bugs Bunny fans will recall, it's the Rossini opera whose overture is heard here: "The Barber of Seville" |
#3614, aired 2000-04-27 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $800: In 1999 Dawn Upshaw was Daisy Buchanan in John Harbison's operatic version of this novel "The Great Gatsby" |
#3614, aired 2000-04-27 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $1000: Igor Stravinsky's father, Fyodor, sang in the opera "Maid of Orleans" by this "Choleric" composer Tchaikovsky |
#3011, aired 1997-10-06 | THE MARX BROTHERS $400: Groucho said the stateroom scene in this film was so complicated it took at least a week to film A Night at the Opera |
#2680, aired 1996-04-05 | "NIGHT" MOVIES $100: In it Groucho pointed out a contract's sanity clause to Chico who said, "There ain't no Sanity Claus" "A Night At The Opera" |
#2093, aired 1993-10-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: "My Fair Lady" opens outside the Royal Opera House at this London location on "a cold March night" Covent Garden |
#2041, aired 1993-06-21 | THE MARX BROTHERS $200: The orchestra plays "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" instead of "Il Trovatore" at this film's climax A Night at the Opera |
#1747, aired 1992-03-17 | OPERA SETTINGS $400: In a Menotti opera, the Magi stop at this boy's house on the way to Bethlehem Amahl |
#1535, aired 1991-04-12 | UNREAL ESTATE $100: This Thursday night sitcom takes place at Hillman College A Different World |
#1024, aired 1989-02-02 | CLASSIC CINEMA $200: The Marx Brothers Meet the Met, so to speak A Night at the Opera |
#778, aired 1988-01-13 | THE ARTIST OF RECORD $800: A Night at the Opera,
A Day at the Races,
Live Killers Queen |
#354, aired 1986-01-16 | GAME SHOWS $800: "Night at the Opera" star who was a regular panelist on "To Tell the Truth" Kitty Carlisle |
#127, aired 1985-03-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Marx Brothers film featuring a performance of "Il Trovatore" A Night at the Opera |
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