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Which of the following is a drawback of performing foreign-language operas in English?
 
  a) It is difficult to create translations that retain the sense of the original language and mesh well with the music.
  b) Sung English is impossible to understand because of all of the consonants and dialects.
  c) Audiences have no desire to hear operas in English.
  d) English has too many options when it comes to rhyming.

Question 2

Tchaikovsky suffered from __________.
 
  a) depression
  b) syphilis
  c) cholera
  d) tuberculosis



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alexisweber49

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 25, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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