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Uncommon card · History
Giacomo Meyerbeer, an Uncommon card
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer, linking Mozart and Wagner.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 37,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Giacomo Meyerbeer quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Giacomo Meyerbeer card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its ______, he gave the genre of grand opera "decisive character".
Answer
successors. With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave the genre of grand opera "decisive character". From the Giacomo Meyerbeer article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of chemistry. History of chemistry 92 · Igor Dodon 88 · Almazbek Atambayev 84 · Giacomo Meyerbeer 81 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave the genre of grand opera "decisive character".
- Meyerbeer's grand opera style was achieved by his merging of German orchestra style with Italian vocal tradition.
- These were employed in the context of sensational and melodramatic libretti created by Eugène Scribe and were enhanced by the up-to-date theatre technology of the Paris Opéra.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Giacomo Meyerbeer article was read about 37,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Giacomo Meyerbeer (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Au Ménestrel , Paris, 1865. Uploaded, stiched and restored by JLPC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
