Comic opera - opera comedy content. Also, the term “ opera comic ” ( fr. Opéra comique ) defines precisely French operas with comic genre coloring.
The main features of the comic opera genre: conversational dialogues, recitatives, ariosity and dynamic ensembles, proximity to colorful folk thematism, more detailed characteristics of the characters than in the early stages of the genre's formation.
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French origins
The term “comic opera” ( fr. Opéra comique ) first appeared in 1715 as a name adopted by two balagan troupes at the Saint-Germain fair in Paris . In the same year, Lesagazh’s parody Telemac was set up, which is considered the first example of the genre. For some time the term “comedy in vaudeville” was used in parallel, which disappeared by the end of the 1760s.
The development of comic opera
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, comic operas developed in different ways in Italy, France, England, Germany and Austria, Spain or Russia. It was largely formed in the opposition of opera-seria as a more democratic and realistic art. Genre manifestations of comic opera - opera-buffa , fair theater , ballad opera , singspiel , tonadilya . Has had a significant impact on such musical genres as vaudeville , musical and operetta .
In the process of developing comic opera in Europe , she tolerated change and absorbed various theatrical and literary genres. In France, dance numbers were an indispensable part of a comic opera. In Germany, it was a performance that combined vocals and funny sketches, dramas and duets of heroes. In Italy - features traditional comedy masks. [one]
Representatives
- In Italy, J. Pergolesi , N. Piccinni , J. Paisiello and J. Rossini worked in the opera-buff genre.
- In France, comic operas were created by P. A. Moncigny , A. Gretry , F. A. Philidor .
- In England, Gilbert and Sullivan .
Features characteristic of comic opera, clearly manifested in the work of B. A. Mozart - in his later operas ("The Wedding of Figaro", "Don Juan", " Abduction from the seralya "). One of the most famous comic operas is Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi . Comic operas were also created by Russian and Ukrainian composers.
Notes
- ↑ F.S. Kapitsa. The history of world culture. - ACT: Word, 2010. - 606 p. - ISBN 978-5-17-064681-4 .
Literature
- La Laurence L. de , French comic opera of the 18th century, trans. from French., M., 1937.
- Russian comedy and comic opera of the 18th century, ed. P. N. Berkova, M.-L., 1950.
- Livanova TH Comic Opera / / Musical Encyclopedia in 6 volumes, TSB, M., 1973-1982, T. 2, ss. 888-889.
- Bryantseva V.N. French comic opera of the XVIII century. Ways of formation and development of the genre. - M .: Music, 1985.