This composer spent his short life entirely in Paris. The premiere of his masterpiece was a flop because the Parisian
audience thought the subject matter too degrading; it is now, however, considered the worlds most popular opera.
a. Bizet
b. Chopin
c. Berlioz
d. Liszt
e. Schubert
Question 2Realistic opera reflects much of the same purpose as that shown by the artists Jean-Francois Millet and Vincent van
Gogh as well as the author Charles Dickens: transforming the mundane and the commonplace into art.
a. true
b. false
