Giacomo Puccini Quiz Questions and Answers
Q1. In what year was Giacomo Puccini born?
A. 1850
B. 1854
C. 1858
D. 1862
Answer: C. 1858
Q2. Where was Giacomo Puccini born?
A. Lucca
B. Florence
C. Milan
D. Rome
Answer: A. Lucca
Q3. What is Giacomo Puccini’s full birth name?
A. Giacomo Antonio Puccini
B. Giacomo Michele Puccini
C. Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini
D. Giacomo Luigi Puccini
Answer: C. Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini
Q4. Who was Giacomo Puccini’s father, and what was his profession?
A. Fortunato Magi, organist
B. Michele Puccini, composer
C. Antonio Puccini, conductor
D. Luigi Illica, librettist
Answer: B. Michele Puccini, composer
Q5. At what age did Giacomo Puccini lose his father?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8
Answer: C. 6
Q6. Which institution provided Giacomo Puccini’s initial musical education in Lucca?
A. Milan Conservatory
B. Pacini School of Music
C. La Scala Academy
D. Cathedral of San Martino
Answer: B. Pacini School of Music
Q7. In what year did Giacomo Puccini enter the Milan Conservatory?
A. 1880
B. 1881
C. 1882
D. 1883
Answer: A. 1880
Q8. Which composer served as one of Giacomo Puccini’s teachers at the Milan Conservatory?
A. Giuseppe Verdi
B. Amilcare Ponchielli
C. Richard Wagner
D. Pietro Mascagni
Answer: B. Amilcare Ponchielli
Q9. What event in 1876 inspired the young Giacomo Puccini to pursue opera composition?
A. Hearing Verdi’s Aida in Pisa
B. Attending a Wagner festival in Bayreuth
C. Winning a composition prize in Milan
D. Performing as a choirboy in Lucca
Answer: A. Hearing Verdi’s Aida in Pisa
Q10. What was the title of Giacomo Puccini’s first opera?
A. Manon Lescaut
B. Edgar
C. Le Villi
D. Tosca
Answer: C. Le Villi
Q11. Who wrote the libretto for Giacomo Puccini’s opera Le Villi?
A. Luigi Illica
B. Giuseppe Giacosa
C. Ferdinando Fontana
D. Giuseppe Adami
Answer: C. Ferdinando Fontana
Q12. On what date did Le Villi premiere?
A. May 31, 1884
B. April 21, 1889
C. February 1, 1893
D. January 14, 1900
Answer: A. May 31, 1884
Q13. At which theater did Le Villi premiere?
A. La Scala, Milan
B. Teatro Regio, Turin
C. Teatro Dal Verme, Milan
D. Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Answer: C. Teatro Dal Verme, Milan
Q14. What was the premiere date for Puccini’s opera Edgar?
A. April 21, 1889
B. May 31, 1890
C. February 1, 1893
D. February 1, 1896
Answer: A. April 21, 1889
Q15. Who was the librettist for Puccini’s opera Manon Lescaut?
A. Ferdinando Fontana
B. Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
C. Giuseppe Adami
D. Giovacchino Forzano
Answer: B. Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Q16. Where and when did Manon Lescaut premiere?
A. La Scala, Milan, 1889
B. Teatro Costanzi, Rome, January 14, 1900
C. Teatro Regio, Turin, February 1, 1893
D. Metropolitan Opera, New York, December 10, 1910
Answer: C. Teatro Regio, Turin, February 1, 1893
Q17. In what year did Puccini’s La bohème premiere, and who conducted it?
A. 1893, Giovanni Paisiello
B. 1896, Arturo Toscanini
C. 1900, Giuseppe Verdi
D. 1904, Enrico Caruso
Answer: B. 1896, Arturo Toscanini
Q18. Who were the librettists for Puccini’s Tosca?
A. Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
B. Ferdinando Fontana
C. Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini
D. Renato Simoni and Giuseppe Adami
Answer: A. Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Q19. On what date and at which venue did Tosca premiere?
A. February 17, 1904, La Scala
B. January 14, 1900, Teatro Costanzi
C. December 10, 1910, Metropolitan Opera
D. April 25, 1926, La Scala
Answer: B. January 14, 1900, Teatro Costanzi
Q20. What was the initial reception of Madama Butterfly at its premiere?
A. Immediate triumph
B. Moderate success
C. A fiasco
D. Postponed indefinitely
Answer: C. A fiasco
Q21. Who were the librettists for Madama Butterfly?
A. Giuseppe Adami
B. Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
C. Giovacchino Forzano
D. Marco Praga and Domenico Oliva
Answer: B. Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Q22. Where and when did La fanciulla del West premiere?
A. La Scala, Milan, 1910
B. Teatro Regio, Turin, 1893
C. Metropolitan Opera, New York, December 10, 1910
D. Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 1917
Answer: C. Metropolitan Opera, New York, December 10, 1910
Q23. What is the premiere date and venue for Puccini’s La rondine?
A. March 27, 1917, Opéra de Monte-Carlo
B. December 14, 1918, Metropolitan Opera
C. April 25, 1926, La Scala
D. February 17, 1904, La Scala
Answer: A. March 27, 1917, Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Q24. Il trittico consists of how many one-act operas by Puccini?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
Answer: B. Three
Q25. Who completed Puccini’s unfinished opera Turandot after his death?
A. Arturo Toscanini
B. Giuseppe Adami
C. Franco Alfano
D. Luigi Illica
Answer: C. Franco Alfano