| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | OPERA $2000: The first in a trilogy of operas by Philip Glass about great men who changed the world was him "On the Beach" Einstein |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | OPERA $2000: Anna Netrebko shot to world fame as Donna Anna in a va-va-voom 2002 production of this Mozart opera Don Giovanni |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | OPUS & OPERA $200: "Satyagraha" is a Philip Glass opera about the early years of this world leader Gandhi |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | WORLD OF OPERA $400: In the opera "Dead Man Walking", Sister Helen meets her pen pal, a death row inmate, at Angola Penitentiary in this state Louisiana |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | WORLD OF OPERA $1200: This composer set "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" in a city south of his birthplace, Leipzig Wagner |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | WORLD OF OPERA $2000: A Strauss opera has this title princess "auf Naxos", abandoned by Theseus after she helped him escape the Labyrinth Ariadne |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | WORLD OF OPERA $4,000 (Daily Double): "Nabucco", based on the life of Nebuchadnezzar, features a scene in this city's gardens Babylon |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | MUSICAL VIENNA $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from outside the Vienna State Opera House in Vienna, Austria.) Damaged by World War II bombs, the State Opera House reopened with a production of this Beethoven opera in November, 1955, 150 years to the month of the work's premiere Fidelio |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | WORLD CAPITALS $1200: Rising out of a fjord, this capital city has an opera house that appeals to music lovers & skateboarders Oslo |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | A WORLD OF ART $400: In the 1970s Australian artist John Olsen painted "Salute to Five Bells", a mural for this Sydney landmark the Sydney Opera House |
| #7027, aired 2015-03-17 | STAR-CHITECTS $400: In 2007 this Down Under landmark designed by Jorn Utzon became a UNESCO World Heritage Site the Sydney Opera House |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | A VISIT TO THE MET $400: (Alex reports from the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.) The 2011-2012 Metropolitan Opera season opens with world-famous soprano Anna Netrebko starring as this ill-fated wife of Henry VIII Anne Boleyn |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT $1600: In "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", Davy Jones helms this ship, also the name of a Wagner opera The Flying Dutchman |
| #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 |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | A WORLD OF OPERA $400: Based on the play "The Colleen Bawn", "The Lily of Killarney" takes place in this country Ireland |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | A WORLD OF OPERA $1200: When this Austrian's "La Finta Giardiniera" premiered in 1775, he was almost 19--getting old for a prodigy Mozart |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | A WORLD OF OPERA $1600: "Hunyadi Laszlo" is one of this country's best-loved operas Hungary |
| #5704, aired 2009-05-28 | A WORLD OF OPERA $2000: Here's a secret: "The Secret" is a charming comic opera by this Czech composer of "The Bartered Bride" Bedřich Smetana |
| #5589, aired 2008-12-18 | SYMPHONY FOR THE DEVIL $800: It was a "Brave New World" for this Brit when his "The Devils of Loudun" was turned into an opera in 1969 Huxley |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): In a Richard Strauss opera, the princess sends one of these to her cavalier--hence the title a rose |
| #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | THE ART WORLD $400: In 1966 this Russian painted a pair of large murals for the opening of NYC's Metropolitan Opera House Marc Chagall |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | OPERA $400: The world's 5 largest opera houses are in the U.S., with this one in NYC the largest at a capacity of 4,065 Metropolitan Opera House |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | A WORLD OF ART $200: Australian artist John Olsen painted a mural for this opera house in the early '70s Sydney Opera House |
| #2885, aired 1997-02-28 | OPERA $600: His "Il Trovatore" contains the "Anvil Chorus", a favorite of male choirs the world over Giuseppe Verdi |
| #2488, aired 1995-05-31 | 19th CENTURY OPERA $1000: "The Devil and Kate" is a charming comic opera by this composer of the "New World" symphony Dvořák |
| #1964, aired 1993-03-04 | OPERA AROUND THE WORLD $500: Tonadilla is a type of comic opera that developed in this country in the 1700s Spain |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | OPERA $600: Aussie Helen Mitchell changed her name to this & became the toast of the opera world Dame Nellie Melba |
| #547, aired 1987-01-13 | EASY OPERA $100: In Wagner's "Ring Cycle", a coveted ring made of this allows its owner to rule the world gold |
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