Question 5: At the ________, for instance, sets are often changed during the action,
as the audience watches, with singers rising or descending as they
sing.
Question 8: An opera house is a theatre
building used for ________
performances that consists of a stage, an orchestra pit, audience
seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and set building.
Question 10: In the 17th and 18th centuries, opera houses were often financed
by rulers, nobles, and wealthy people who used ________ of the arts to endorse their
political ambitions and social positions or prestige.