This opera has an evil queen who sings arias with stratospheric high notes.

This fairy tale opera has characters that are half human, half bird.

The work that Mozart was writing upon his death was Don Giovanni.

Haydn had a great sense of humor and often nicknamed his symphonies and string quartets. One famous symphony was nicknamed ________________________when players left the stage one by one during the piece.

Name the instruments in a string quartet.

Mozart’s dates were 1756-1791. There is a great amount of scientific evidence that he was poisoned by his colleague Antonio Salieri.

Characteristics of classical music include the following: _____________________, _____________________, and ____________________.

Mozart collapses during his opera The Marriage of Figaro and is taken out by his father.

What city was the musical center of Europe during this time? (also where the film, Amadeus takes place)

The da capo aria was one Baroque characteristic in which the singers showed off too much. Classical arias were much less florid and simpler.