| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | 20th CENTURY SONG, 21st CENTURY AD $800: Perhaps hearing "You're My Best Friend" from this band's album "A Night at the Opera" got you to book that Carnival cruise Queen |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | OPERA SETTINGS $6,200 (Daily Double): Verdi's "Falstaff" is set in this town during the reign of Henry IV Windsor |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | IT'S CURTAINS $1600: In 1972 at the Met this Italian opera singer, later one of The Three Tenors, received 17 curtain calls Pavarotti |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BOY GENIUS $400: At age 8, Sergei Prokofiev was taken to "Faust" & "Prince Igor"; he decided to write one of these too & in months composed "The Giant" an opera |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | OPERA, LIKE IT OR NOT $1600: The name of this Italian opera house means "theater at the stairway" La Scala |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | BOOKS BY CHAPTERS $1200: By Gaston Leroux:
"At the Masked Ball", "The End of the Ghost's Love Story" The Phantom of the Opera |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | OPERA $800: The title character of this Bizet opera works at a cigarette factory Carmen |
| #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 |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BALLET & OPERA $300: The Sugar Plum Fairy is a character in this ballet that's a favorite at Christmas The Nutcracker |
| #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 |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | BALLET & OPERA $1200: Tonio the clown introduces this opera; at the end, the audience is told that the comedy is over Pagliacci |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | BALLET & OPERA $2000: Early in Act 2 in an Adolphe Adam classic ballet, Hilarion mourns at the grave of this title woman Giselle |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | BOATS & SHIPS $3,400 (Daily Double): These boats in the lagoon at Boston's Public Garden were inspired by the opera "Lohengrin" & declared a Boston landmark the swan boats |
| #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 |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | & THEN TO THE OPERA HOUSE! $800: Meet up in Yitzhak Rabin Square & enjoy the Israeli opera at the performing arts centre in this 2-word city Tel Aviv |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | & THEN TO THE OPERA HOUSE! $2,000 (Daily Double): This Po River city's Santa Sindone Chapel houses a famous linen; there's great opera at its Teatro Regio Turin |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | CONDUCTORS $1600: Sir Thomas Beecham conducted many U.K. premieres at the Royal Opera House in this London "Garden" spot Covent Garden |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | OPERA $400: Renee Fleming made her debut at the Met as Countess Almaviva in this Mozart opera whose title promises a wedding The Marriage of Figaro |
| #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 |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $200: For many years Arturo Toscanini was the principal conductor & music director at this famed Milan opera house La Scala |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | AT THE BALLET $400: Tchaikovsky had a double premiere on Dec. 18, 1892: his opera "Iolanta" & this ballet The Nutcracker |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1200: King Gustav III of this country was shot at the opera house in 1792 & died 2 weeks later Sweden |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | THE GRAND OLE OPERA HOUSE $2000: In 1973 Prokofiev's "War and Peace" was the first opera performed at this opera house very far south of Russia the Sydney Opera House |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | OPERA SETTINGS $400: This opera opens at the Royal Palace in Memphis during the time of the pharaohs Aida |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | ENTERTAINING BROTHERS $400: These brothers starred in the classic film "A Night at the Opera" the Marx Brothers |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | ON A HIGH NOTE $400: In 2017 Audrey Luna hit the highest note ever at NYC's Metropolitan Opera singing in this vocal range in "The Exterminating Angel" soprano |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | MUSICAL VIENNA $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from outside the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.) Mozart performed here at Schönbrunn Palace multiple times, starting at age 6; the palace orchestra still plays this 1786 nuptial opera of his The Marriage of Figaro |
| #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 |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | OPERA $400: Fans of a previous Figaro adaptation booed & hissed at the premiere of this Rossini opera--later performances went better The Barber of Seville |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | OPERA $1600: In 2004 this tenor played 3 final performances in "Tosca" to sold-out crowds at the Met Pavarotti |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | A EUROPEAN RIVER TOUR $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at the State Opera House in Vienna, Austria.) The Vienna State Opera House was built in Neo this style to reflect that 16th century period of artistic rediscovery when the art form of opera was born Renaissance |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | YOUNG MAN $200: At 12 Mozart wrote "Bastien und Bastienne", one of these composed in German, not Italian an opera |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | LET'S GO TO THE OPERA $400: operabase.com says this city led the world with 632 opera performances in 2017-18, many at the Bolshoi Moscow |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | LET'S GO TO THE OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): The waiting list for the annual Wagner Festival in this Bavarian city can be 10 years long Bayreuth |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | PLAY TITLES IN THEIR ORIGINAL LANGUAGE $1600: Ionesco at the opera:
"La Cantatrice Chauve" The Bald Soprano |
| #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 |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | 5 "B"s OF CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This period of music that saw the first attempts at opera ended with the death of Johann Sebastian Bach Baroque |
| #7875, aired 2018-11-30 | MUSIC $400: At the opéra de Paris, repetition means this; the "répétition générale" is the final dress one a rehearsal |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $1200: In 1976 Sarah Caldwell became the first woman to conduct at this NYC opera house the Met |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1908 as he sang Canio at the Met in "Pagliacci", he wept real tears thinking of how his lover ran off with his chauffeur Caruso |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | OPERA $2000: Amahl plays the same tune on his pipe at the beginning & end, before & after he meets this title group the night visitors |
| #7797, aired 2018-07-03 | TIME FOR OPERA $3,000 (Daily Double): At the Bigichungs' Hall, not around sunset but prior to the destruction of Valhalla:
this last part of the "Ring" cycle Götterdämmerung (or Twilight of the Gods) |
| #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 |
| #7644, aired 2017-11-30 | MOZART $2,000 (Daily Double): Count Almaviva invites everyone to a wedding banquet at the end of Act III of this comic opera The Marriage of Figaro |
| #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 |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | AT THE OPERA $400: Act I of a Mozart opera begins with this character fleeing the home of Donna Anna after trying to seduce her Don Giovanni |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | AT THE OPERA $800: With a river in its title, this first opera of the "Ring" cycle features Flosshilde & 2 other river maidens Das Rheingold |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | AT THE OPERA $1200: We hope you don't sleep through this Reginald de Koven folk opera based on an American story from 1820 Rip Van Winkle |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | AT THE OPERA $1600: (I am Placido Domingo.) The Duke of Mantua sings one of the most famous arias of all time in this opera named for a hunchbacked court jester
"La donna è mobile / Qual piuma al vento / Muta d'accento..." Rigoletto |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | AT THE OPERA $2000: In the opera "Boris Godunov", Fyodor is the real son of the czar & Grigory is this "false" character the false Dimitri |
| #7597, aired 2017-09-26 | "O" YES, OPERA! $800: Citrus growers competed to advertise at the premiere of "The Love for Three" these For the Love of Three Oranges |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | AT THE OPERA $400: Mozart would live just 2 months after this "Magic" work premiered Sept. 30, 1791 The Magic Flute |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | AT THE OPERA $800: Vasek, a ninny, is the intended groom, but this Smetana title character has other ideas The Bartered Bride |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | AT THE OPERA $1200: The "March of the Toreadors" from this opera is heard here Carmen |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | AT THE OPERA $1600: After Mussorgsky died, this friend with a hyphenated name revised the orchestration for his "Boris Godunov" Rimsky-Korsakov |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | AT THE OPERA $2000: (I'm Mario Andretti.) Most people aren't aware that I'm an opera lover & can sing several complete arias; I was about 10 when I saw my first opera--this one by Verdi in which the dying Violetta sings "Gran Dio! Morir si giovine" La traviata |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $400: In 2011's "The Enchanted Island", Plácido Domingo gave a bravura turn as this Roman sea god backed by floating mermaids Neptune |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $800: The company goes at it quite literally with hammer & tongs in this rousing piece from "Il trovatore" the "Anvil Chorus" |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $1200: Rodolfo, Mimi & Marcello are gathered at the Café Momus when Musetta sings her own praises in this Paris-set opera La bohème |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | SHAKESPEAREAN OPERA $800: Operas with him as the main character include "At the Boar's Head" by Holst & "Sir John in Love" by Vaughan Williams Falstaff |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | DEATH IN VENICE $1200: The early opera composer Monteverdi was music director at this cathedral in Venice from 1613 to his death in 1643 Saint Marco's (Saint Mark's) |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | AUDRA McDONALD ON BROADWAY $400: (Audra McDonald presents the clue.) "Master Class" by Terrence McNally was inspired by a series of classes given at Juilliard by this Greek-American opera diva Maria Callas |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | OPERA AT THE MET $400: (I'm Sondra Radvanovsky.) For the Metropolitan Opera's 2015-16 season, I'm playing all 3 queens in Donizetti's Tudor trilogy: Anne Boleyn, Mary Stuart & this 16th century queen Queen Elizabeth I |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | OPERA AT THE MET $800: Wagner's opera about him & Isolde made its U.S. debut at the Met Tristan |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | OPERA AT THE MET $1200: (I'm Placido Domingo.) The role I've performed the most at the Met--40 times since 1979--is this title one that Verdi based on a tragedy by Shakespeare Otello |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | OPERA AT THE MET $1600: The Met opened in 1883 with this devilish Gounod opera based on Goethe's play Faust |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | OPERA AT THE MET $2000: In 1923 the Met put the overture of this Swiss-set opera before Act II so latecomers wouldn't miss it William Tell |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $400: See the Gypsies hammer out their wares blacksmith-style in this chorus from "Il trovatore" "The Anvil Chorus" |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $800: 2-word term for this essential that should bring the action on stage into focus opera glasses |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $1200: Built in 1869, the State Opera House in this city reached its peak under the directorship of Gustav Mahler from 1897 to 1907 Vienna |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $1600: The last name taken by this dame was derived from her Down Under hometown Dame Nellie Melba |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $2000: Keep an eye out for the swan-drawn boat of this Wagnerian hero Lohengrin |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: Verdi couldn't get into the Milan conservatory, but his opera "Oberto" was produced at this Milan site in 1839 La Scala |
| #7181, aired 2015-11-30 | MOVIE ROMANCES $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Lincoln Center in New York.) Cher meets Nicolas Cage by the fountain at Lincoln Center, honoring a promise to go to the opera with him in this romantic comedy Moonstruck |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $200: The stage at the Metropolitan Opera is very big; no problem--with hundreds on stage & spectacular sets of the gates of Thebes, the Met's production of this opera is grand in both scope & scale Aida |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $1000: One of the greatest pieces for a baritone is the "Largo al factotum", a patter song that Figaro delivers with bravura as he enters this opera The Barber of Seville |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COSTUMES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $400: (Alex delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) From Donizetti's "Anna Bolena", I'm decked out now as this royal spouse Henry VIII |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COSTUMES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $800: (Alex delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) Oh, what fun--I get to clown around in the actual costume worn by this great tenor in some of his more than 100 performances in "I Pagliacci" here at the Met in the early 20th century Enrico Caruso |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COSTUMES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $1,000 (Daily Double): (Alex delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) The Imperial Commissioner is the one who reads the marriage agreement of Cio-Cio-San & Lieutenant Pinkerton in Act I of this opera Madame Butterfly |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COSTUMES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $1200: (Alex delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) I'm wearing a consiglieri's costume from "Simon Boccanegra"; it's a rather somber opera by this composer of "La traviata" Giuseppe Verdi |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COSTUMES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $1600: (Alex delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) Aren't I quite the devil in this character's costume from "The Damnation of Faust"? Mephistopheles |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $800: Georges Bizet died at 36, just 3 months after the initial failure of this opera Carmen |
| #6981, aired 2015-01-12 | THE WHO $800: The Who performed this musical in its entirety only a few times, including June 6, 1970 at the Metropolitan Opera Tommy |
| #6947, aired 2014-11-25 | OPERA $600: This Puccini opera is set in an attic apartment & at the Cafe Momus in Paris' Latin Quarter La bohème |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | BALLET & OPERA $1200: At the end of a Mozart opera, this title character is dragged into the flames of hell Don Giovanni |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | BALLET & OPERA $1600: At the end of this Verdi opera, Violetta dies of consumption in the arms of Alfredo La traviata |
| #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 |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | HAVING FUN AROUND THE WORLD $600: Enjoying a musical performance at this venue the Sydney Opera House |
| #6579, aired 2013-04-04 | OPERA $400: Wild animals lie down at Tamino's feet when he plays the title instrument in Act I of this Mozart opera The Magic Flute |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | 1960s BLACK AMERICA $2000: (Alex reports from the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.) In 1966, the new Metropolitan Opera House opened here at Lincoln Center with a world premiere featuring this African-American diva as Cleopatra Leontyne Price |
| #6493, aired 2012-12-05 | THE CHRISTMAS TREE $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Metropolitan Opera Christmas tree at Lincoln Center in New York.) In 1882, the first Christmas tree with electric lights was set up by Edward Johnson, an engineer & vice president of this man's Electric Company (Thomas) Edison |
| #6493, aired 2012-12-05 | THE CHRISTMAS TREE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Metropolitan Opera Christmas tree at Lincoln Center in New York.) One of the groups that helped make the Christmas tree a tradition in the U.S. were these German mercenaries the Hessians |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | OPERA LOVERS $1200: At the end of a Berlioz opera inspired by Shakespeare, she & Benedict admit their love for one another Beatrice |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | OPERA LOVERS $1600: It's love at first sight for Sophie & Octavian in this "Knight Of The Rose" opera Der Rosenkavalier |
| #6372, aired 2012-05-08 | OPERA PEOPLE & PLACES $800: The title character of Bellini's "Norma" is one of these British pagan priest(esse)s a Druidess |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | MICHAEL AT THE MIKE $400: He originated the title role in the London stage production of "Phantom of the Opera" Michael Crawford |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | FESTIVALS $1600: The film festival in this Colorado mining town began in 1974 with screenings at the Sheridan Opera House Telluride |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | FASHION $400: Mousquetaires, formal ones of these for women, have lengthwise buttoned openings at the wrist (opera) gloves |
| #6279, aired 2011-12-29 | OPERA $2000: (Alex gives the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) The Met's production "Enchanted Island" is a version of "The Tempest", & the costume I'm wearing belongs to this magician, who rules the island Prospero |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | OPERATIC COSTUMES $400: (Alex dresses as a toreador at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) In a costume from a 2009 production I'm Escamillo, the toreador who wins the heart of this gypsy girl Carmen |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | OPERATIC COSTUMES $1600: (Alex wears a cape at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) This cape was worn by Enrico Caruso as the Duke of Mantua in this Verdi opera, the role in which he made his Met debut way back in 1903 Rigoletto |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | OPERATIC COSTUMES $2000: (Alex wears a helmet at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) This helmet is a fitting accessory from a production of this Wagner work in which the Knight's arrival in a swan boat is one of opera's great entrances Lohengrin |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | AT SIXES & SEVENS $800: In opera, she performs the "Dance of the Seven Veils" Salome |
| #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 |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | A VISIT TO THE MET $800: (Alex reports from the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.) Since 1971 James Levine has conducted at the Met for nearly 2500 operatic performances, earning him this Italian title bestowed on conductors maestro |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | A VISIT TO THE MET $1200: (Alex reports from the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.) In the 2011-2012 season, the Met is using new modernized staging to present all four operas in this composer's "Ring" cycle Wagner |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | A VISIT TO THE MET $1600: (Alex reports from the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.) Renee Fleming is rehearsing "Armida", a lesser-known Rossini work, which for a great soprano can be considered this, a French expression meaning "turn of strength" tour de force |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | A VISIT TO THE MET $2000: (Placido Domingo presents the clue from the stage at the Met.) I've sung the role of Pinkerton many times & in 2011 at the Met I will conduct this opera in which Pinkerton sings the following: Madame Butterfly |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | BACKSTAGE AT THE MET $200: (Sarah reports from backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) The great soprano Deborah Voigt wears this costume in the Met's 2011 production of this Wagner opera, in which she plays the title role Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | BACKSTAGE AT THE MET $400: (Sarah reports from backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) Now what opera might feature dancing bears? "The Magic Flute", when staged at the Met by this director, famed for her Broadway version of "The Lion King" Julie Taymor |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | BACKSTAGE AT THE MET $600: (Jimmy reports from backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) Here in the scenic shop, we're hammering away at the items that are used onstage in this number performed by the Gypsies in "Il trovatore" the "Anvil Chorus" |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | BACKSTAGE AT THE MET $800: (Jimmy reports from backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) Backstage at the Met, you can find sets for operas by Verdi, Mozart & Puccini, who begins this opera in a Latin quarter garret
"O, Mimi, tu pi..." La bohème |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | BACKSTAGE AT THE MET $1000: (Sarah reports from backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) The jewelry here was worn by Elisabeth Rethberg, portraying this Verdi slave girl, a role in which she made both her 1922 met debut & her 1942 farewell Aida |
| #6068, aired 2011-01-19 | OPERA $2000: In 1961, as Venus in "Tannhauser", Grace Bumbry became the first black diva to sing at this Wagner festival Bayreuth |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | DIVAS $400: Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi was chosen by Toscanini to sing at the reopening of this Milan opera house in 1946 La Scala |
| #5877, aired 2010-03-16 | AMERICAN PRESIDENT: THE SOAP OPERA $400: Things were good. Economy, strong. His country, at peace. But now Ken Starr was asking Reno for more power... (Bill) Clinton |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | OPERA OPERAS $400: In 1973 the Australian opera's production of Prokofiev's "War and Peace" was the first performance at this landmark the Sydney Opera House |
| #5794, aired 2009-11-19 | WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? $5,000 (Daily Double): Marcello fetches a doctor, but Mimi still dies, leaving Rodolfo heartbroken at the end of this opera La bohème |
| #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 |
| #5603, aired 2009-01-07 | ALL THINGS OPERA $400: On Nov. 23, 1903 this tenor made his U.S. debut playing the Duke in "Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan Opera Caruso |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | TRAVEL FUN $800: Let opera wash over you at these Roman baths named for the emperor who ruled from 211 to 217 Caracalla |
| #5369, aired 2008-01-03 | THE BRITISH WILES $1600: When at home, the Welsh National Opera performs in this city Cardiff |
| #5350, aired 2007-12-07 | A FEW GENTLEMEN OF VERONA $1200: Verona-born tenor Nino Martini performed brilliantly at this NYC location from 1933 to 1946 the Metropolitan Opera |
| #5216, aired 2007-04-23 | LOUNGING AT THE OPERA $1200: The "woman is fickle" in this opera Rigoletto |
| #5216, aired 2007-04-23 | LOUNGING AT THE OPERA $1600: It's tragic that this opera was not a success at first Madama Butterfly |
| #5216, aired 2007-04-23 | LOUNGING AT THE OPERA $2000: You'll scream "Great Scots" after hearing this Donizetti opera Lucia di Lammermoor |
| #5124, aired 2006-12-14 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1200: This "Amahl and the Night Visitors" composer wrote his first opera, "The Death of Pierrot", at age 11 Gian Carlo Menotti |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | AT THE MOZART HOUSE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in the open second-floor window of the Mozart House in Vienna, Austria.) It was here in this home that Mozart wrote this famous 1786 opera, so the building has long been known as "Figaro House" The Marriage of Figaro |
| #5036, aired 2006-07-03 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is upstaged by a chandelier in the Majestic Theatre in New York.) A real accident at the Paris Opera House in 1896 inspired the famous falling chandelier in this musical Phantom of the Opera |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE $800: Buy clothes, get your fortune told or hear Cantonese opera singers at this Asian area's Temple Street Market Hong Kong |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | OPERA HOUSES $200: This opera company's home was originally on Broadway at 39th Street; it moved to Lincoln Center in 1966 the Metropolitan Opera |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | BROADWAY SECRETS $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Majestic Theatre in New York.) Some of the revellers are real dummies in the "Phantom of the Opera" scene set at this 10-letter type of party a masquerade |
| #4922, aired 2006-01-24 | THE SOPRANOS $100 (Daily Double): Born in NYC on Dec. 2, 1923, this soprano made her debut at the Athens Opera at age 17 Maria Callas |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | WHAT A CHARACTER! $1200: At the end of the Bizet opera, Carmen hurls a ring at this man, who promptly stabs her Don Jose |
| #4700, aired 2005-01-28 | YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA $800: At the beginning of an 1893 opera, these little tykes are sent into the woods to pick strawberries Hansel & Gretel |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WRITE ON, GIRL! $1000: Writing the 1927 opera "The King's Henchmen" & also her poetry, she was burning her candle at both ends Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NYC MUSIC HISTORY $200: The Who performed this work at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center in 1970 Tommy |
| #4526, aired 2004-04-19 | "ONE", "TWO", "THREE" $1600: It premiered at a Berlin theater in 1928 under the title "Die Dreigroschenoper" The Threepenny Opera |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | ARMOR $400: These gloves were made in a fashionable hourglass shape, narrow at the wrist gauntlets |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | OPERA TITLE CHARACTERS $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Germany.) Paintings in the singers' hall at Neuschwanstein depict this knight who sought the Holy Grail & inspired an opera Parsifal |
| #4462, aired 2004-01-20 | QUE SARAH, SARAH $1600: She was the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera in New York Sarah Caldwell |
| #4414, aired 2003-11-13 | OPERA $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from Neuschwanstein Castle) Many paintings at Neuschwanstein Castle depict characters from this composer's operas, including "Tannhauser" Wagner |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | OPERA $1000: At 35 he decided for the first time to sit right down & write himself an opera; he produced "Fidelio" (Ludwig van) Beethoven |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | ON THE BROADWAY STAGE $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew is on the set of "Rent" at the Nederland Theatre.) I'm on the Broadway set of "Rent", which premiered in 1996, the 100th anniversary of this Bohemian opera that inspired it La Boheme |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | PORGY-POURRI $200: Sadly, "Porgy and Bess" was the only full-length opera this composer wrote; he passed away in 1937, at age 38 George Gershwin |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #4128, aired 2002-07-10 | AT $1600: Attend the Royal Opera in London & you're at a square & a theatre called this Covent Gardens |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | TRAVEL FUN $1600: Let opera wash over you at the Roman baths named for this emperor who ruled from 211 to 217 Caracalla |
| #4041, aired 2002-03-11 | CARMEN $2000: In 1947 at age 17, this "bubbly" star made her opera debut in "Carmen" as the Spanish gypsy Frasquita Beverly Sills |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | AT THE BALLET $600: A male drifter lusts after a garage owner's wife in "The Car Man", inspired by this composer's opera "Carmen" Bizet |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | AMERICAN DRAMATISTS $1600: (Let's go to Sofia in Central Park.) This author of "The Heidi Chronicles" wrote the libretto for an opera set here at the Bethesda Fountain Wendy Wasserstein |
| #3972, aired 2001-12-04 | WHERE TO, BUDDY? $400: (Let's go to Cheryl in New York City via taxi for this first clue of the round.) Lincoln Center, quick! The curtain goes up in 10 minutes at this opera house Metropolitan Opera House |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | OPERA HAS BEEN VERDI, VERDI GOOD TO ME $200: In the 1830s Verdi studied with Vincenzo Lavigna, formerly maestro al cembalo at this Milan opera house La Scala |
| #3907, aired 2001-09-04 | FUN WITH OPERA $100: In "Johnny Strikes Up", a violin performance at the North Pole inspires the whole world to do this 1920s dance the Charleston |
| #3843, aired 2001-04-25 | BEVERLY SILLS $500 (Daily Double): At age 17, Sills made her operatic debut as the gypsy Frasquita in this opera Carmen |
| #3837, aired 2001-04-17 | BALLET'S IN THE HOUSE $200: American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House New York City |
| #3818, aired 2001-03-21 | USC $1,000 (Daily Double): The Mudd Hall of Philosophy bell tower at USC was used in this 1923 Lon Chaney film The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | OH, NO! OPERA! $1,400 (Daily Double): The 1981 opera based on this Tolstoy novel begins, & ends, at a Moscow railway station "Anna Karenina" |
| #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 |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | GHASTLY OPERATIC DEMISES $1000: Valhalla & all its gods are consumed in flames at the end of this opera, so don't expect a sequel Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods) |
| #3301, aired 1999-01-04 | HOTELS BY CITY $100: The Inn at the Opera,
The Nob Hill Lambourne,
The Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | OPERA HODGEPODGE $1000: It's the native country of opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who sang at Princess Diana's wedding New Zealand |
| #3275, aired 1998-11-27 | COMPLEXES $600: Plays & ballets are also staged at this Australian landmark designed by Jorn Utzon the Sydney Opera House |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | GIRL GROUPS $800: They go for their ride at the beginning of act III in this Wagner opera named for them "(Ride of the) Valkyries" |
| #3182, aired 1998-06-02 | PARTY ON! $600: Act II of this musical opens with a festive masked ball at the Paris Opera House "Phantom of the Opera" |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | 19th CENTURY OPERA $1000: "Un ballo in maschera" dramatizes the assassination of this country's King Gustavus III at a masked ball Sweden |
| #3046, aired 1997-11-24 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1000: In 1976 this founder of the Opera Company of Boston became the first woman to conduct at the Met Sarah Caldwell |
| #3036, aired 1997-11-10 | AT THE KENNEDY CENTER $100: Can you hear me? This rock opera by The Who was a big hit at the Kennedy Center in 1994 Tommy |
| #3036, aired 1997-11-10 | AT THE KENNEDY CENTER $300: This president's 1972 visit to China inspired an opera that played at the Kennedy Center in 1988 Richard Nixon |
| #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 |
| #2980, aired 1997-07-11 | THE 1800S $400: A near-riot ensued when Boito's opera "Mefistofele" premiered at this Milan opera house in 1868 La Scala |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | OPERA $600: This Mussorgsky opera was first performed at the Met in 1913 with Adamo Didur as Boris "Boris Godunov" |
| #2942, aired 1997-05-20 | OBSCURE OPERA & BALLET $600: He presented his operas "Alcina", "Ariodante" & "Atalanta" at the Covent Garden Theater, as well as his "Messiah" G.F. Handel |
| #2931, aired 1997-05-05 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: In Moscow's Teatralnaya Square, you can take in a show at this famous opera & ballet theater Bolshoi |
| #2886, aired 1997-03-03 | ACTRESSES $400: She studied mime in Paris & danced at the Opera Comique before starring in films like "Blue Sky" & "Tootsie" Jessica Lange |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $800: In 1910 "The Pipe of Desire" became the 1st American opera performed at this American opera house The Metropolitan |
| #2808, aired 1996-11-13 | THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY $600: In "The Maid of Orleans", this saint has a lot at stake; by the opera's end, she's tied to a stake Joan of Arc |
| #2765, aired 1996-09-13 | COMPOSERS & THEIR MUSIC $800: His 1881 opera "Libuse" premiered at the inauguration of the National Theatre in Prague Bedrich Smetana |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | OPERA $600: The first scene of this composer's "Das Rheingold" takes place at the bottom of the Rhine Richard Wagner |
| #2740, aired 1996-06-28 | OPERA $200: Mozart's "Don Giovanni" was first performed at the National Theatre in this Czech capital Oct. 29, 1787 Prague |
| #2691, aired 1996-04-22 | OPERA $1000: This Verdi opera opens at a salon in the house of a courtesan named Violetta La Traviata |
| #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" |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $200: This duo's comic opera of "The Yeomen of the Guard" premiered at the Savoy Theatre on Oct. 3, 1888 Gilbert & Sullivan |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | 19th CENTURY OPERA $200: At the end of this opera, the gingerbread children at the witch's house turn back into real children "Hansel and Gretel" |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | POETRY $200: The poem about this man "at the Bat" was made into a 1953 opera Casey |
| #2534, aired 1995-09-14 | MUSICAL THEATER $800: Act I of this musical ends with chandelier crashing to the stage at Christine's feet Phantom of the Opera |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | MUSIC $400: Precursor to the opera buffa, the intermezzo was a comic opera performed at these times intermission |
| #2507, aired 1995-06-27 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): At the end of "Gotter- Dammerung", flames destroy Valhalla & this river overflows its banks the Rhine |
| #2479, aired 1995-05-18 | OPERA $600: In 1930 Arturo Toscanini became the first non-German to conduct this man's works at Bayreuth Wagner |
| #2473, aired 1995-05-10 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): Part of this Verdi opera is set at the Temple of Vulcan in Memphis Aida |
| #2404, aired 1995-02-02 | FEBRUARY 8 $500: The first opera staged in the colonies was "Flora: Or, the Hob in the Well" at this S.C. port in 1735 Charleston |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | OPERA $200: Robert Guilliaume appeared in a 1965 production of this Gershwin work at the Vienna Volksoper Porgy and Bess |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | OPERA $400: Before her death in 1887, this Swedish soprano was on staff at the Royal College of Music in London Jenny Lind |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | OPERA $400: Enrico Caruso starred as Lieutenant Pinkerton when this opera played at the Met in 1907 Madame Butterfly |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | OPERA $600: At end of this Verdi opera, Violetta Valery dies in the arms of her lover Alfredo Germont La Traviata |
| #2131, aired 1993-12-06 | ARTISTS $1000: In 1966 this Russian- born artist completed 2 murals for the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center (Marc) Chagall |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | HISTORICAL OPERAS $2,000 (Daily Double): At the end of Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena", this woman is Henry VIII's new queen Jane Seymour |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | 1950s WOMEN $600: On January 7, 1955 she made history as the first black in a major role at the Metropolitan Opera Marian Anderson |
| #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 |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | OPERA $1000: At the beginning of Mussorgsky's opera, this title character pretends he doesn't want to be Czar Boris Godunov |
| #1982, aired 1993-03-30 | OPERA $400: The 1925 opera "At the Boar's Head" is based on his "Henry IV" plays Shakespeare |
| #1964, aired 1993-03-04 | OPERA AROUND THE WORLD $100: "The Girl of the Golden West" premiered at this U.S. opera house in 1910 the Metropolitan |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | OPERA $200: In 1910 "The Pipe of Desire" became the first opera by an American produced at this NYC opera house the Met |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $200: At its 1885 premiere, this show was billed as "An entirely new and original Japanese opera" The Mikado |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | DIVAS $400: Fittingly, Joan Sutherland's last formal opera performance was at this famous Australian opera house the Sydney Opera House |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | MUSIC $800: The name of this Pietro Mascagni opera is Italian for "rustic chivalry" Cavalleria rusticana |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): The title of this Leoncavallo opera can be translated as "Clowns" Pagliacci (I Pagliacci accepted) |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | SHOPPING $200: You can buy autographed photos of opera stars at the Metropolitan Opera Shop in this city New York |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | OPERA AROUND THE WORLD $600: "Euridice", one of the first operas, was performed on Oct. 6, 1600 at the Pitti Palace in this city Florence |
| #1833, aired 1992-07-15 | OPERA $400: Set entirely at the Tower of London, "The Yeomen of the Guard" is about these spiffy soldiers the Beefeaters |
| #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 |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | OPERA $600: At age 24 Renata Tebaldi sang at the post-WWII reopening of this Milan theatre La Scala |
| #1668, aired 1991-11-27 | THE U.N. $400: 50 nations signed the U.N. Charter on June 26, 1945 at this city's War Memorial Opera House San Francisco |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | FEMALE FIRSTS $500 (Daily Double): She founded the Opera Company of Boston in 1957 & in 1976 became the first woman to conduct at the Met Sarah Caldwell |
| #1648, aired 1991-10-30 | OPERA $200: This Gershwin opera was not performed at the Met until 1985 Porgy and Bess |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: While in this country, you might want to attend a performance at the Royal Flemish Opera Belgium |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | OPERA $600: In Tchaikovsky's opera, "The Queen of" these is a countess who knows the secret of winning at cards the Queen of Spades |
| #1546, aired 1991-04-29 | OPERA $400: This bride of Lammermoor & her love, Edgardo, wind up dead at the end of the opera Lucia |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | UNREAL ESTATE $100: This Thursday night sitcom takes place at Hillman College A Different World |
| #1442, aired 1990-12-04 | OPERA $600: Of Tosca, Thais or Turandot, the one who doesn't die at the end of her opera Turandot |
| #1440, aired 1990-11-30 | OPERA $200: "The Marriage of" this valet takes place at Almaviva's chateau near Seville Figaro |
| #1440, aired 1990-11-30 | OPERA $600: This Black opera singer first appeared at the Met on January 27, 1961 as Leonora, in "Il trovatore" Leontyne Price |
| #1440, aired 1990-11-30 | OPERA $800: His "Tales" begin at the tap room of Luther's Tavern in Nuremberg Hoffmann |
| #1410, aired 1990-10-19 | OPERA CHARACTERS $600: At the end of Gounod's "Faust" this fiend drags Faust off to his doom Mephistopheles |
| #5, aired 1990-07-14 | OPERA $1000: Placido Domingo played Radames in a 1987 production of this Verdi opera staged at the Temple of Luxor Aida |
| #5, aired 1990-07-14 | OPERA $5,800 (Daily Double): Donizetti opera that includes the following, perhaps the most famous mad scene in opera: Lucia di Lammermoor |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | OPERA $2,500 (Daily Double): This opera, which features the following, was the 1st transmitted in color on TV: Carmen |
| #1339, aired 1990-05-31 | OPERA CHARACTERS $1000: At the end of "I Pagliacci", this clown stabs his wife, Nedda, & her lover, Silvio Canio |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | 1790 $600: "Cosi fan tutte", an opera buffa by this composer, opened in January at the Burgtheater in Vienna Mozart |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | COMPOSERS $200: Berlioz neglected his medical studies in this capital, preferring to spend his nights at the opera Paris |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | OPERA $400: Operas based on this Norwegian's plays include "The Feast at Solhaug" & "Peer Gynt" Henrik Ibsen |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | SINGERS $1,400 (Daily Double): On June 27, 1989 at Radio City Music Hall, they were heard singing the following:
"Did you ever see the faces of..." The Who ("Christmas" from the rock opera Tommy) |
| #1236, aired 1990-01-08 | OPERA $500: He wrote his 1st opera, "The Death of Pierrot", at age 11; the one about Amahl came much later Gian Carlo Menotti |
| #1220, aired 1989-12-15 | OPERA $200: At the end of this fairy tale opera, the witch's gingerbread victims turn back into children "Hansel and Gretel" |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | OPERA $400: This Norwegian never finished his only attempt at opera, "Olav Trygvason" Edvard Grieg |
| #1131, aired 1989-07-03 | 1976 $100: Sarah Caldwell became the 1st woman to conduct at this New York City opera house the Metropolitan Opera House |
| #1094, aired 1989-05-11 | OPERA $200: At the end of Verdi's opera, this Ethiopian slave girl is buried alive Aida |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | SEE THE USA $500: Located at Church Street in Charleston this "Row" was the setting for a famous opera Catfish Row |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | OPERA $800: Valhalla goes up in flames at the end of his opera "Gotter-dammerung" Wagner |
| #1024, aired 1989-02-02 | CLASSIC CINEMA $200: The Marx Brothers Meet the Met, so to speak A Night at the Opera |
| #979, aired 1988-12-01 | SINGERS $200: This Spanish tenor made his opera conducting debut at the Met during the 1984-85 season Plácido Domingo |
| #973, aired 1988-11-23 | OPERA $600: In 1912 this Verdi opera set in Egypt was performed at the pyramids Aida |
| #965, aired 1988-11-11 | CHOREOGRAPHERS $100: When Balanchine staged "Orpheus and Eurydice" at this U.S. opera house, he kept the singers in the pit the Met(ropolitan Opera House) |
| #953, aired 1988-10-26 | ICE SKATING $400: At the 1988 Winter Olympics, both Katarina Witt & Debi Thomas skated to music from this opera Carmen |
| #941, aired 1988-10-10 | MOVIE TRIVIA $100: In 1936 this Oriental detective, not Groucho, was "...at the Circus", "...Opera" & "...Race Track" Charlie Chan |
| #907, aired 1988-07-12 | BIBLICAL OPERAS $400: At the end of a Carl Neilsen opera, this shepherd boy is proclaimed king of Israel David |
| #889, aired 1988-06-16 | OPERA $600: Opening night at the Met for the 1918 season was November 11, which coincided with this WWI event Armistice |
| #867, aired 1988-05-17 | OPERA $800: Knighted Metropolitan Opera impressario who titled his memoirs "5,000 Nights at the Opera" Sir Rudolf Bing |
| #865, aired 1988-05-13 | SINGERS $100: In 1955, Marian Anderson became the 1st Black singer to perform at this U.S. opera house the Metropolitan |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | ARTISTS $400: In his late 70s, Marc Chagall completed 2 large murals for this theatre at Lincoln Center the Metropolitan Opera |
| #799, aired 1988-02-11 | OPERA $200: At the start of this Puccini opera the Japanese heroine is 15, but 2 acts & 3 years later, she kills herself Madame Butterfly |
| #799, aired 1988-02-11 | OPERA $400: Composed at 12, his 1st opera was "La finta semplice", not "The Marriage of Figaro" Mozart |
| #799, aired 1988-02-11 | OPERA $1000: In 1832, at age 18, this great Italian composer was turned down by (the) Milan Conservatorium for lack of ability Verdi |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | THE ARTIST OF RECORD $800: A Night at the Opera,
A Day at the Races,
Live Killers Queen |
| #747, aired 1987-12-01 | OPERA TRIVIA $200: The 1st act finds this Rossini hero at his chalet on Lake Lucerne William Tell |
| #742, aired 1987-11-24 | STARTS WITH "P" $200: A ghost or a specter, like the one at the opera a phantom |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | 1787 $400: On October 29, his opera "Don Giovanni" premiered at the National Theater in Prague Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| #693, aired 1987-09-16 | OPERA $400: The condition of Tosca, Salome, & the Snow Maiden at the end of their operas dead |
| #692, aired 1987-09-15 | NOTORIOUS $200 (Daily Double): At the end of the opera featuring the following, this title character is killed with a dagger: "Torreador Song" plays Carmen |
| #657, aired 1987-06-16 | METROPOLITAN OPERA $400: Two great Italian tenors debuted at the Met on November 23, Pavarotti in 1968 & this singer in 1903 Caruso |
| #579, aired 1987-02-26 | EASY OPERA $200: "Summertime" is a lullaby sung at the beginning of this Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess |
| #547, aired 1987-01-13 | EASY OPERA $400: At the end of Mozart's opera of the same name, this famous lover is dragged into hell by a statue Don Juan (Don Giovanni) |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | SUDDEN DEATH $100: Leonard Warren literally died on stage while performing at this New York opera house The Metropolitan Opera House |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | OPERA $800: The action in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" takes place at a chateau near this city Seville |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | OPERA $1000: General manager of the Met from 1950-72, his biography is titled "5000 Nights at the Opera" Rudolf Bing |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | BOTANICAL NAMES $1000: At her 1st performance at the Metropolitan Opera in 1931, it's said she took 16 curtain calls Lily Pons |
| #476, aired 1986-10-06 | OPERA $100 (Daily Double): In 1963, Joan Sutherland helped launch this famed tenor's career
[Operatic singing plays] Luciano Pavarotti |
| #408, aired 1986-04-02 | OPERA $1,000 (Daily Double): 1816 Rome premiere of this beloved work was called one of the greatest fiascos in opera:
[Instrumental music plays] The Barber of Seville |
| #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 |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | VERMONT $200: At opera house in Derby Line, audience sits in the U.S., while stage is in this country Canada |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: An alternate delegate to U.N. in 1958, she was 1st Black opera singer at the Met Marian Anderson |
| #284, aired 1985-10-10 | FAMOUS SHIPS $1,000 (Daily Double): Comic opera where you hear this song:
"We sail the ocean blue / And our saucy ship's a beauty / We're sober men and true / And attentive to our duty / When the balls whistle free / O'er the bright blue sea / We stand to our guns all day / When at anchor we ride / On the Portsmouth tide / We have plenty of time for play / Ahoy! Ahoy!..." H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #127, aired 1985-03-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Marx Brothers film featuring a performance of "Il Trovatore" A Night at the Opera |
| #123, aired 1985-02-27 | OPERA $400: Composer Puccini was jeered at Italian opening of this opera set in Japan Madame Butterfly |
