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SCREEN TEST.
Hollywood movies frequently have featured scenes at the opera house. What were the stars we watched watching? (Note: We've purposely avoided opera-star biographies, such as The Great Caruso, Melba or Interrupted Melody. Answers on page 106.)
1. In Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), Joan Fontaine begins Act II of her relationship with Louis Jourdan at a performance of what Mozart opera?
2. In Anna Karenina (1935), Yashvin (Reginald Denny) flouts convention in order to greet unmarried lovers Anna (Greta Garbo) and Vronsky (Fredric March) in their opera box. What was playing?
3. What opera does Loretta (Cher) sob over when Ronny (Nicolas Cage) takes her to the Met in Moonstruck (1987)?
4. The Age of Innocence (1993) opens with Michelle Pfeiffer, Geraldine Chaplin and Winona Ryder at an Italian-language performance of what French classic?
5. Hooker Vivian (Julia Roberts) gets escorted to what opera by her "date" (Richard Gere) in Pretty Woman (1990)?
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