Answer the following about the similar life experiences of Beethoven and Mozart that influenced their operatic compositions. For 10 points each:
[10h] Countess Maria Wilhelmine Thun, who patronized a young Mozart and Beethoven, arranged for Mozart to perform extracts from this opera, such as the tenor aria “Fuor del mar” and “Zeffiretti lusinghieri (“LOO-sing-ee-EH-ree”).”
ANSWER: Idomeneo, re di Creta [or Idomeneo, King of Crete]
[10e] Both Mozart and Beethoven wrote operatic arias for the soprano Josepha Duschek (”DOO-shek”) while visiting this city. This city's State Opera was known for 40 years as the Smetana Theatre to honor its resident Bedřich Smetana.
ANSWER: Prague [or Praha]
[10m] Emanuel Schikaneder sponsored and wrote the librettos to Mozart's The Magic Flute and Beethoven's operatic fragment Vestas Feuer (“FOY-er”). However, Beethoven abandoned that opera and wrote Fidelio about this woman married to Florestan.
ANSWER: Leonore
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