Ultimate Opera Quiz for Connoisseurs Part 1

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1. Roberto Alagna?? 2. Fritz Wunderlich 3. Mario del Monaco 4. Placido Domingo 5. ??? 6. Joseph Schmidt 7. Sam Ramey 8. Joan Sutherland 9. Franco Corelli 10. Andrea Bocelli.... :P

[31operafan]

#4 is Domingo, no mistake about it. I listen to his voice all the time :)

[JCLAWS]

3 Del Monaco

4 Domingo

10 Bocelli

[Alvaroclassic95]

2 Alfredo Kraus

4 Plácido Domingo

[chrizosthemis]

1. ALAGNA

2. wonderful Wunderlich; my favorite.

3. ?

4. Domngo?

5. first Otello I guess

6. ?

7. Ramey

8. ?

9. Corelli

10. Paprocki? :)

[vidiegoquam]

I've just discovered this and sense that I'm in for hours racking my brains and rooting through my CD collection... thanks, Imogenn! :) (The humorous hints are fun too.) 1. Alagna (but without the hint wouldn't have picked up distinguishing marks through the baritone.) 2. Wunderlich! (wonderful indeed) 3. ? 4. Domingo 5. Hint suggests MDM to me 6. Gigli (????) 7. Ramey 8. ...I know I know this voice. 9. Corelli 10. Bocelli Do we get an answer key if we ask nicely? :)

[ahmad123987]

10 is Bocelli I think, but I've never heared him sing like that.

[SogniAzzurri]

1. Roberto Alagna

2. Fritz Wunderlich

3. Lauritz Melchior

4. Placido Domingo

5. Mario Del Monaco

6. Joseph Schmidt

7. Samuel Ramey

8. ????Sorry but Iam totally ignorant about Wagner, I 've heard The Valkyrie just once with Waltraud Meier

9. Franco Corelli

10. I don't know but I don't think it's Bocelli

[FarfalloneAmoroso]

1. Roberto Alagna 2. Fritz Wunderlich 3. Jussi Björling 4. Placido Domingo 5. Mario Del Monaco 6. Giovanni Martinelli 7. Samuel Ramey 8. Kirsten Flagstad 9. Franco Corelli 10. Andrea Bocelli Ran out of quizzes just now I'm beginning to get the knack.

[Jeanne90275]

1. Roberto Alagna...but popular at La Scala? 2. Fritz Wunderlich ( I cheated...no clue) 3. Mario Del Monaco 4. Placido Domingo 5. Alfred E. Newman (a little levity) 6. Beniamino Gigli?? Where's the final 'tu'

 in 'Recondita armonia?' Probably not an Italian tenor without that 'tu.' 7. Samuel Ramey 8. Joan Sutherland 9. Franco Corelli

10. Andrea Bocelli

[Jeanne90275]

#6 is definitely Joseph Schmidt...I think!

[musicmanm2005]

First of all Alagna is a tenor and the title role of Don Giovanni is a Baritone, and Deh Veini alla finestra is song by him...and the audio quality is to old sounding to Alagna...

[Jeanne90275]

@musicmann2005 But..it sounded like Alagna

singing out of his fach.

[ElPiconeroalCognac]

Are you sure they aren't all Placido Dingbato?

[igormorosow]

1. Alagna????

2.Wunderlich

3.Del Monaco

4.Domingo

5. ?????

6. Joseph Schmidt

7. Gerhard Hüsch????

8. Joan Sutherland

9. Corellli??? I'm not sure at all

10. Andrea Boccelli

[warnie1]

1. Franco Corelli?

2. Fritz Wunderlich

3. Mario del Monaco

4. Placido Domingo

5. Francesco Merli

6. Joseph Schmidt

7. Sam Ramey?

8. ?

9. Corelli in 1981

10. Andrea Bowl o' chili

[MaestroAmduscias]

Molto divertente, complimenti! 1. Non è un baritono è Alagna (magari dovrei dire "non è un tenore è solamente Alagna) 2. Wunderlich 3. Del Monaco 4. Domingo 5. Vezzani 6. Schmidt strano in italiano 7. Ramey un'ottimo Scarpia 8. Sutherland (senza denti?) 9. Corelli da vecchio 10. Bocelli... ammazza! Non avevo mai pensato... Interessante. Da dove viene questo documento?

[lastofdmelocchians]

1. Alagna

2. Wunderlich

3. del Monaco

4. Domingo

5. Not long enough! But I think it's Vezzani. Longer & I'd get it 4 sure!

6. Schmidt?

7. Not in2 Baritones:(

8. Not in2 Sopranos either

9. Corelli...but he NEVER sang Otello!

10. Yes, famous but not much of an actual opera singer! It's funny, as I kept listening 2 it I was sayin' 2 myself: "Lots of Corelli mannerisms there". So it must B some1 who studied w/him. I got it! Bocelli:) Nice try Imogenn. Put only Tenors & I'll guess 'em all!

[theprimadonna1980]

1. roberto alagna

3.lauritz melchior

7. samuel ramey

8.joan sutherland

9. franco corelli or jon vickers

the last one is andrea bocelli as pinkerton

[cirodaraujo]

1. Corelli out of his fach

2. Wunderlich

3. Del Monaco

4. Domingo.

5. This clip is too short and the singer is too good :D

6. Joseph Schmidt

7. Old Samuel Ramey

8. Joan Sutherland

9. Corelli

10. Bocelli

[Hoellenrose]

2 - Wunderlich

3 - James King

4 - Domingo (aweful as Siegmund)

5 - ????

7 - no idea, but beautiful, I wouldn't have killed him

8 - Lotte Lehmann

[thomastmwc]

give me some divas (I knw there's Dame Joan Sutherland)

[Agorante]

You can't fool me, they're all Achille Braschi.

[saiserieht]

Thanks for the link! I feel honored by your invitation ;-) here my take: 1. sounds like Corelli out of his Fach, I don't like it much 2. Wunderlich, great! 3. Del Monaco I think 4. Domingo ;-), very good 5. never heard this singer before, I'm pretty sure of that 6. Joseph Schmidt, heavenly!! 7. Morris maybe? 8. Traubel maybe? 9. Corelli, when old 10. Corelli, when young I think, funny

[jacquesurlus]

1- Corelli 2- ? 3- Windgassen 4- Lorenz 5- ? 6- Caruso 7- James Morris 8- Flagstad 9- Corelli 10- ? You are cruel, but it is a good exercise in humility for us, I think I'm a dunce. :-)) And now I have a headache now, are you satisfied?

[ElPiconeroalCognac]

When is Imo going to give us another quizzzy?

[Imogenn]

When you guess quizzes 2 and 3 - entirely and correctly.

[ElPiconeroalCognac]

!!!

[Imogenn]

Done, 2 more quizzes ready :)

[ElPiconeroalCognac]

Your fondness for the turn of phrase is renowned, but those are not quizzes!

Those are TORTURE.

Those, Imo, are sin.

No 8 on Quizz 5 is that Swedish tenor, Juicy Buffalo Wing, and that's the only one I know...on both quizzes.

[Imogenn]

Post it on *that* quiz then, not this one :D

[maxorato66]

Congratulations! Very interesting and funny.

I think ElPiconero is right, but my only doubt is number 5... can it be Vezzani?

[ElPiconeroalCognac]

Something tells me you might be right. :)

[ElPiconeroalCognac]

Or is that someone told me?

[Imogenn]

The Waldvogel from Siegfried? ;)

[ElPiconeroalCognac]

It sounded like Joan Sutherland on a bad day, so probably. :D

[ElPiconeroalCognac]

1. Roberto Alagna

2. Fritz Wunderlich

3. Mario del Monaco

4. Placido Domingo (can't mistake that pinched "eee" sound

5. John O' Sullivan

6. Josef Schmidt, greatest voice ever

7. Samuel Ramey

8. Joan Sutherland

9. Franco Corelli singing in a cavern

10. Andrea Bocelli (almost thought Alagna)

[nobisotti]

Posa, wirklich Bertl als 1?????

[PosasPizza]

1. Bertl

2. Fritze

3. MDM

4. Placebo

5. ?

6. Jopie Heesters mit 132???

7. Ramey

8. ...

9. Franco C.

10. Albano Carrisi? hmmm... nee, Boticelli =)

[nobisotti]

#1 würde ich sogar auf Corelli tippen

[tenorvoicefan]

1.Keine Ahnung, Pertile?

2. Der unvergleichliche Wunderlich

3. Lorenz

4. Domingo

5. Urlus

6. Schmidt

7.Ramey

8. Puh, es könnte Traubel sein

9.Corelli

10. Pavarotti

[TsarBovov]

The singer of #1 has a truly nasty voice. Is it maybe Erwin Schrott?

#9 sounds like Walter Pondman but why would you put him in such a quiz?

#10: Aragall

Yummy quiz.

[rmceldow]

Haha! Best Walter Pondman reference I've ever heard!

[TsarBovov]

Yeah, but that Otello sounds more like Pondman on a really bad day...

[rmceldow]

Does he have any others? I don't intend to be mean to a young singer, but he just seems to mimic Corelli's worst qualities instead of his best ones, leading to an unfortunate caricature of operatic singing. Corelli would be appalled...

[TsarBovov]

I agree. Of course, I was joking in my other posts. However, I find this recording of Corelli (I believe it is him) so bad that it could be... you know who.

[latraviata69]

1.Peter Anders oder Shicoff, (Aufnahme von Alagna klingt dunkler und phrasiert weniger emphatisch und Begleitung auch frischer).

2. CXerxes Wunderlich

3. Del Monaco

4. Domingo!

5. Ramon Vinay oder VickersQ

6. Schmidt

7.Scarpia Ramey,

8. Nilsson

9.Corelli

10. Pavarotti

[latraviata69]

1. could be just another Alagna recording

[alumian]

1. Alagna 2. Wunderlich 3. Del monaco 4. Domingo 5. 6. Carusso 7. Ramey 8. Joan Sutherland 9.Corelli 10. Andrea Bocelli IDK Let me know how i did i think i was close

[HadrienB]

1)Alagna

2)Wunderlich

3)Del Monaco!

4)Domingo

5)?

6)Schmidt

7)Ramey

8)?

9)Corelli!

10) I really don't know, maybe Pavarotti?

[CraigFrancisSoto]

This quiz was great fun Immogen. Grazie mille for taking the time and trouble to do it for us opera aficionados. Bravo !

[CraigFrancisSoto]

1)maybe Alagna,2)the great Fritz W.,3)Del Monaco 4)Domingo 5)the great Cesare Vezzani(underrated) 6)Schmidt 7)Ramey with a wobble 8) Nilsson? 9)Corelli absolutely 10) I have no idea !

[Rusalka2411]

1) Nucci?

2) Wunderlich

3) King

4) Domingo

5) Melchior?

6) Schmidt, Joseph

7) Vixell?

8) Rysanek

9) Corelli

10) Peerce?

[steakopera]

Message me the answers please.

[jws2718]

1. ? The La Scala clue leads me to think Alagna but I'm not familiar enough with his voice.

2. Wunderlich

3. Del Monaco

4. Domingo

5. Cesar Vezzani !!!

6. Joseph Schmidt

7.  Ramey

8. ? I'm terrible at soprano voices.

9. Corelli. Sounds like it's from one of his last concerts in 1981.

10. Bocelli?

[tonyhawk2235870]

am not really good at identifying those tenor voices,but for one,im sure...andrea on the 10th voice...:))

[GermanOperaSinger]

#1 is a tenor??? He's singing a baritone part! (?)

[OettingerCroat]

1. Roberto Alagna (i doubt I'm wrong, but if I am then the only other tenor it could be is Neil Shicoff)

2. Fritz Wunderlich for sure

3. dunno... but I don't think it's Del Monaco

4. Plácido Domingo

5. Ramón Vinay

6. sounds like Schmidt

7. Samuel Ramey

8. late-career Nilsson

9. Franco Corelli

10. Andrea Bocelli

[LetItBe920]

1) Roberto Alagna

2) Fritz Wunderlich

3) Siegfried Jerusalem

4) Placido Domingo

5) Ramon Vinay

6) Beniamino Gigli

7) Samuel Ramey

8) Joan Sutherland

9) Franco Corelli

10) Ben Heppner

[Operafiend22]

1) Alagna 2) Wunderlich 3) Del Monaco 4) Domingo 5) Schmidt??6) Melchior 7) Ramey 8) Sutherland -near end of career 9) Corelli 10) Bocelli

[BigTezza12]

1. Alagna

2. Wunderlich

3. Del Monaco?

4. Domingo

5. I think King. Doesn't sound like a German voice.

6. Schmidt?

7. A relatively recent Ramey?

8. Flagstad

9. Corelli

10. Bocelli

[Ragnaroekk]

I do not think #1 is Alagna. It is a baritone.

#5 is Franz Völker.

I think #10 is Aragall.

Good quiz.

[steakopera]

Just a wild guess on #8 Joan Sutherland before she became coloratura.

[steakopera]

Yes. I remember, Peter Hoffman, I think.

[steakopera]

1. Alanga 2. Wunderlich 3.Peter something can't remember last name, German wagnerian, bit popular in 80's. not Schrier. 4.Domingo 5. James King 6.? 7. Ramey in slow LP player. 8.? 9. Corelli in slow LP player. 10. Bocelli, if it is, sound effect is very tricky.

[steakopera]

AfoPoli, I haven't got the answers for the 24 singer quiz yet.

[GermanOperaSinger]

I'll take a stab at the tenors. Since I can't really discern soprano voices unless they're someone like Ponselle! Or baritones unless they are VERY distinctive voices.

2. Wunderlich!

3. Heppner?

4. Domingo trying to sing Wagner

5.Vinay?

6.Schmidt!!!!! (if not it must be a soviet tenor)

9.Corelli who never sang the role (????)

10. No idea

[OettingerCroat]

Corelli actually sang some excerpts from the role at concerts after his operatic retirement in 1976