Verisimilitude in the theater means that there is an attempt to make scenery and dialogue look and sound like the real world

Fanny Mendelssohn faced two major obstacles as a composer: __________

a) growing up in poverty and having very little talent b) the immense fame of her younger brother and being female c) blindness and lack of patron support for her work d) being married to an abusive artist and substance abuse

Identify the correct definition of "cavatina." a. A slow aria that features parallel thirds that glide mainly in conjunct motion, alilting rhythm in compound meter, and a slow-moving chord progression

b. A musical motive, normally occurring in the orchestral part of an opera,which symbolizes a character or dramatic entity. c. An entrance aria. d. A multi-sectional musical number at the beginning of the first act.