課程名稱︰西洋歌劇史一
課程性質︰通識兼歐洲文化學程
課程教師︰王寶祥 博士
開課學院：文學院
開課系所︰外文系
考試日期（年月日）︰2010/11/10
考試時限（分鐘）： 25-30 分鐘
是否需發放獎勵金： 否
（如未明確表示，則不予發放）
試題 :
一、選擇題(50%)
1. Who is not considered to be the founder of the Opera in their own country:
(1) Monteverdi
(2) Purcell
(3) Lully
(4) Caccini
2. Which statement about Opera is correct?
(1) The Opera was born to imitate the Roman tragedy
(2) The Opera was born in Middle Ages
(3) The Opera was patronized by Medicis
(4) The era of its birth was about the beginning of Chinese Ming Dynasty
3. Which statement of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas is incorrect?
(1) Restoration age of England
(2) Dido and Aeneas was born for boy’s school at that time
(3) Dido is the Queen of Carthage
(4) Purcell also wrote semi-opera King Arthur
4. Which of the following is considered to be the first historical opera?
(1) Orfeo
(2) Poppea
(3) La Calisto
(4) Juilio Cesare
5. Which of the following is the theme of opera written by both Monteverdi
and Handel?
(1) Ulisse
(2) Juilius Caesar
(3) Poppea
(4) Orpheus
6. Which of the Stoic scholar was sentenced to death by Nero the burner?
(1) Socrates
(2) Galileo
(3) Plato
(4) Seneca
7. Which of the following is considered the“good woman"rather than the bad
one like “magician?”
(1) Armida
(2) Alcina
(3) Poppea
(4) Penelope
8. Choose the correct statement about Lully:
(1) Born Italian
(2) Collaborated with the tragedy writer Racine
(3) Taught Louis XVI dance
(4) Died overeating
9. Who was Lully’s regular librettist for “tragedie lyrique?”
(1) Moliere
(2) Quinault
(3) Racine
(4) Rinuccini
10. Which statement about Handel is incorrect?
(1) Born in Germany and wrote Italian operas for English people
(2) The contemporary of Bach
(3) Collaborated with the famous castrato Farinelli
(4) Famous for opera seria and English oratorios
二、簡答題(50%)
1. What is a castrato? Also, make an example to illustrate it.
2. What is recitativo secco?
3. Give two examples for the occasions when the opera were performed in 17th
century. One example for the nobles and the other for the general public.
4. Which city is the origin of opera? Where is the first public opera house
built?
5. What is Da Capo aria? Make an example to illustrate it.
6. Which opera made the great success in mocking at Handel’s opera seria?
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解答：
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二、 1.男閹音，被閹割的歌者。Farinelli。
2.宣敘調，比起aria比較具有鋪陳敘述，較沒有張力性音樂
3.Nobles:婚禮 General public:節慶
4.Origin:Firenze(佛羅倫斯)；First public opera house:威尼斯
5.歌唱會回到主段，大多為A-B-A形式。
Handel的Juilio Cesare裡頭Cleopatra所演唱的Da Tempeste即是一例
6.John Gay's "The Beggar's opera."
選擇題解說(2.8.10)
2. (1) Greek tragedy (2) Renaissance (4) Ching Dynasty
8. (2) Moliere (3) Louis ⅩⅣ (4) fatal injury
10.(3) They are opponents against each other
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