Giuseppe Verdi Quiz Questions and Answers
Q1. In which year was Giuseppe Verdi born?
A. 1801
B. 1813
C. 1825
D. 1837
Answer: B. 1813
Q2. In which Italian region was Giuseppe Verdi born?
A. Tuscany
B. Lombardy
C. Emilia-Romagna
D. Veneto
Answer: C. Emilia-Romagna
Q3. What was the name of Verdi’s first opera, premiered in 1839?
A. Nabucco
B. Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio
C. Rigoletto
D. La Traviata
Answer: B. Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio
Q4. Which opera, premiered in 1842, established Verdi as a leading composer of his time?
A. Ernani
B. Nabucco
C. Macbeth
D. I Lombardi
Answer: B. Nabucco
Q5. What is the famous chorus from Nabucco that became a symbol of Italian patriotism?
A. Va, pensiero
B. Di quella pira
C. Libiamo ne’ lieti calici
D. La donna e mobile
Answer: A. Va, pensiero
Q6. Which of Verdi’s operas is based on a play by William Shakespeare?
A. Aida
B. Otello
C. Il Trovatore
D. Don Carlos
Answer: B. Otello
Q7. In which city did Verdi’s opera Aida premiere in 1871?
A. Milan
B. Cairo
C. Venice
D. Paris
Answer: B. Cairo
Q8. What is the name of the female protagonist in Verdi’s opera La Traviata?
A. Gilda
B. Violetta Valéry
C. Leonora
D. Aida
Answer: B. Violetta Valéry
Q9. Which Verdi opera features the famous “Anvil Chorus”?
A. Il Trovatore
B. Rigoletto
C. La Forza del Destino
D. Don Carlos
Answer: A. Il Trovatore
Q10. What was Verdi’s profession before he fully dedicated himself to composing operas?
A. Lawyer
B. Music teacher
C. Farmer
D. Journalist
Answer: B. Music teacher
Q11. Which opera, premiered in 1851, is considered part of Verdi’s “middle period”?
A. Rigoletto
B. Falstaff
C. Aida
D. Otello
Answer: A. Rigoletto
Q12. Which Verdi opera was commissioned for the opening of the Suez Canal?
A. Rigoletto
B. Aida
C. Don Carlos
D. La Traviata
Answer: B. Aida
Q13. What is the setting of Verdi’s opera Il Trovatore?
A. 15th-century Spain
B. 18th-century France
C. Ancient Egypt
D. 16th-century Italy
Answer: A. 15th-century Spain
Q14. Which Verdi opera is known for its complex plot involving a hunchbacked jester?
A. La Traviata
B. Rigoletto
C. Il Trovatore
D. Un Ballo in Maschera
Answer: B. Rigoletto
Q15. What was the name of Verdi’s second wife, who was also a soprano?
A. Giuseppina Strepponi
B. Teresa Stolz
C. Maria Malibran
D. Adelina Patti
Answer: A. Giuseppina Strepponi
Q16. Which Verdi opera was censored due to its depiction of a regicide?
A. Un Ballo in Maschera
B. Don Carlos
C. Simon Boccanegra
D. Ernani
Answer: A. Un Ballo in Maschera
Q17. In which year did Verdi compose his final opera, Falstaff?
A. 1871
B. 1887
C. 1893
D. 1901
Answer: C. 1893
Q18. Which Verdi opera is based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils?
A. La Traviata
B. La Forza del Destino
C. Don Carlos
D. Simon Boccanegra
Answer: A. La Traviata
Q19. What was the name of Verdi’s estate where he spent much of his later life?
A. Villa Verdi
B. Casa Verdi
C. Palazzo Verdi
D. Villa Sant’Agata
Answer: D. Villa Sant’Agata
Q20. Which Verdi opera features the aria “La donna è mobile”?
A. Il Trovatore
B. Rigoletto
C. La Traviata
D. Aida
Answer: B. Rigoletto
Q21. Which of Verdi’s operas was his first to be performed in Paris?
A. Jerusalem
B. Nabucco
C. Rigoletto
D. Otello
Answer: A. Jerusalem
Q22. What is the name of the character who sings “Sempre libera” in La Traviata?
A. Gilda
B. Violetta
C. Aida
D. Leonora
Answer: B. Violetta
Q23. Which Verdi opera is set during the Spanish Inquisition?
A. Don Carlos
B. Il Trovatore
C. La Forza del Destino
D. Ernani
Answer: A. Don Carlos
Q24. Verdi founded a retirement home for musicians in which city?
A. Rome
B. Milan
C. Venice
D. Parma
Answer: B. Milan
Q25. Which of Verdi’s operas was his last tragedy?
A. Otello
B. Falstaff
C. Aida
D. La Traviata
Answer: A. Otello