单选题According to the passage, one of Verdi’s achievements within the framework of nineteenth-century opera and its conventions was to _____.Alimit the extent to which singers influenced the musical compositions and performance of his operasBuse his operas primarily as forums to protest both the moral corruption and dogmatic rigidity of the political leaders of his timeCportray psychologically complex characters shaped by the political environment surrounding themDincorporate elements of folklore into both the music and plots of his operas
单选题
According to the passage, one of Verdi’s achievements within the framework of nineteenth-century opera and its conventions was to _____.
A
limit the extent to which singers influenced the musical compositions and performance of his operas
B
use his operas primarily as forums to protest both the moral corruption and dogmatic rigidity of the political leaders of his time
C
portray psychologically complex characters shaped by the political environment surrounding them
D
incorporate elements of folklore into both the music and plots of his operas
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解析：
文章第三段倒数第二句指出，“once he had become established, Verdi did not rewrite his music for different singers or countenance alterations or substitutions of somebody else’s arias in one of his operas, as every eighteenth-century composer had done”，由此可知A项最符合要求。B、C、D三项都是Verdi在创作方面的独特创举，而不是“conventions”，因此不符合题意。
文章第三段倒数第二句指出，“once he had become established, Verdi did not rewrite his music for different singers or countenance alterations or substitutions of somebody else’s arias in one of his operas, as every eighteenth-century composer had done”，由此可知A项最符合要求。B、C、D三项都是Verdi在创作方面的独特创举，而不是“conventions”，因此不符合题意。
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