10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPERA BUFFA»
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opera buffa in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
opera buffa and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna
An examination of the world of Vienna and the opera buffa in the eighteenth-century.
Mary Kathleen Hunter, James Webster, 1997
2
The Culture of
Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna: A Poetics of ...
In this richly detailed book, Mary Hunter offers a sweeping, synthetic view of opera buffa in the lively theatrical world of late-eighteenth-century Vienna.
3
A Short History of
Opera
L/pcra Dulla ana Intermezzo The term opera buffa is used somewhat loosely as a
general designation for Italian operas of the early and middle eighteenth century
that cannot be classified as opera serial Two distinct kinds of comic opera ...
Donald Jay Grout, Hermine Weigel Williams, 2003
4
Liebestod:
Opera Buffa with Leib Goldkorn
A multilayered masterpiece of fevered imagination and eroticism, Liebestod soars as the consummate work by one of America's greatest comic geniuses.
For the same reason, opera buffa differs from opera seria in originating not in
dramatic recitative but in the musical form of the song in all its manifestations. Its
close links with Italian folk music are immediately apparent, although no detailed
...
Hermann Abert, Cliff Eisen, 2007
6
Laughter Between Two Revolutions:
Opera Buffa in Italy, ...
Tells the forgotten story of post-Rossinian opera buffa, with attention to masterpieces by Donizetti and fascinating comic works by Luigi Ricci, the young Verdi, and other composers.
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The New
Opera Buffa, in Two Acts, Entitled An Adventure of ...
George Macfarren. JUST PUBLISHED, CHAPPELL,' 5o, NEW own swafifiw, THE
WHOLE OF THE MUSIC IN THE OPERA OF DON QUlXOTE, AS PERFORMED
AT THE Ebeatrz 930ml, firury more. 2' 9Act I. 1. “ All Nature Sleeps,” Serenade, ...
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Mozart's Da Ponte Operas: The Marriage of Figaro, Don ...
Opera buffa had its roots in the Italian commedia dell'arte, a theatrical convention
that evolved during the Renaissance when strolling street players used satire,
irony, and parody to ridicule every aspect of their society and its institutions; they
...
Burton D. Fisher, Lorenzo Da Ponte, 2007
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An English version of Rossini's ...
Opera buffa, entitled ...
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CELEBRATED OPERA BUFFA, ENTITLED THE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS'; IN TWO
ACTS, ' WITH THE WHOLE' OF THE MUSIC. AS REPRESENTED, FOR- THE
FIRST TIME IN ...
10
The Rough Guide to
Opera
While most of the larger, city-based theatres persisted with productions of opera
seria, opera buffa flourished in the smaller theatres, whose facilities precluded
the elaborate settings and overpaid singers required by operatic tragedy. Instead
...
Matthew Boyden, Nick Kimberley, Joe Staines, 2002
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPERA BUFFA»
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opera buffa is used in the context of the following news items.
Mozart's budding talent: "La finta giardiniera" (The Feigned …
... works in dramatic genres that ranged among occasional entertainments for courtly and civic celebrations, opera buffa (comic opera in Italian), ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 15»
Ryan Center artists, Grant Park Orchestra excel in American program
The evening's centerpiece was The Telephone (or L'Amour à Trois), a one-act opera buffa written in 1947 by Gian Carlo Menotti. The piece is ... «Chicago Classical Review, Jul 15»
Mario Vargas Llosa's delicious melodrama of sex, love and revenge
It has more in common with Mozart's opera buffa than with “Days of Our Lives.” The novel is set up around three authoritarian, self-absorbed ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
BWW Reviews: DON GIOVANNI Seduces St. Louis!
It's as if this opera can't quite decide whether it's a riotous opera buffa or a tragic opera seria. But what the hell? It's got the very best of both ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
A return to grand style for Wolf Trap Opera with 'Ghosts of Versailles'
The first act, other than a few mournful soliloquies, is full-on opera buffa, almost sitcom; while the second, other than one brief, bawdy interlude, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Review: Don Pasquale at Longborough Festival Opera
... we've rarely seen an opera buffa heroine brought so completely and joyously to life. When Mosley-Evans' Pasquale reeled, broken, from her ... «Birmingham Post, Jul 15»
Great Comedy Overtures. Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Naxos …
The comic opera genre had its roots in 18th-century Italian opera buffa, and its popularity was soon taken up elsewhere. In France it produced ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
Review: Sight gags, silent movies propel 'Don Pasquale'
"Don Pasquale" is an opera buffa, a comedy with one of the silliest plots in opera. Cincinnati Opera's lively new production, set in the golden ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
When is a rape not a rape? Fiona Shaw's Rape of Lucretia at …
Carsen's Falstaff is an opera buffa whose drama (if not its sophisticated score) could belong to any Donizetti or Rossini. Verdi's Falstaff, by ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
Wolf Trap Opera's THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES Begins 7/10
A "grand opera buffa," The Ghosts of Versailles encompasses comedy, romance, intrigue, revenge and malice. Incorporating character and plot ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
