Father Lee’s Opera Quiz appearances
In addition to his 48 “first intermission” radio lectures as a musical and dramatic analyst and a discussion commentator during broadcasts of operas from the Metropolitan Opera, Father Lee starred in no less than 75 “second intermission” Texaco Opera Quizzes.
I hope you will enjoy some of his brilliant contributions in the 3 sample quizzes below.
He was also a panelist on another 23 intermission quizzes for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s radio program: “Saturday Afternoon at the Opera”.
See a list of all his Met and CBC quiz appearances here.
You will note that on five occasions from the Met, he acted as the Quiz Master.
He and I appeared in only one Met quiz together (in 1991). I was a co-panelist on 5 of his CBC appearances and was deeply honoured when he dedicated his OPERA QUIZ book to me.
3 “Texaco Opera Quiz” samples:
- January 1993 Quiz 47 - with Alison Ames, Terrence McNally, Edward Downes DIE MEISTERSINGER
- March 1986 Quiz 17 - with William Livingstone, William Weaver, Edward Downes SIMON BOCCANEGRA
- Dec 1995 Quiz 56 - with Carolyn Abbate, Lotfi Mansouri, William Livingstone DIE MEISTERSINGER