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88 matches to Opera Buffa
Comic Opera. 18C revolt vs serious opera. Light style, familiar scenes. Italy: opera buffa; Fr: opéra comique; Eng: ballad opera; Ger: singspiel. Orig as intermezzo for opera.
Galuppi, Baldassare. 1706-85. Italian. Developed opera buffa.
Opera Buffa. = Comic Opera. Pergolesi.
Opéra-Comique. 18C-. French light opera infl by Italian Opera Buffa. Grétry.
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista. 1710-36. Italian opera buffa composer. La serva padrona 1733. “War of the Buffoons” Paris 1752.
Anvil, Operation. 1944. Allied invasion of south France.
Arab League. 1945. Non-aggression and cooperation treaty of Arab states. Collective Treaty of Defence, 1950, to defend against Israeli aggression.
Arne, Thomas. 1710-78. English composer: Rule Britannia 1740. Operas.
Auden, W.H. 1907-73. English/US poet/opera librettist. The Rake’s Progress 1951.
Axis Pact. 1936-45. German-Italian Agreement, 1936. Cooperative alliance maintained through WWII. Allied with Spain, 1939; Japan, 1936. Yugoslavia 1941. Tripartite Pact.
Barbarossa, Operation. 1941. German invasion of USSR.
Baroque Art. 1600-1750. Orig in Italy, spread across W. Europe. Architecture: Ornate style characterized by stucco, frescoes, rood screens. Vanbrugh. Bernini’s Barberini Palace. Music: Counterpoint vs Renaissance polyphony. Opera, cantata. Bach. Monteverdi. Vivaldi. Painting: Dynamic, emotional. Caravaggio. Reni. Rubens.Van Dyck. Rococo.
Bauhaus. 1919-33. German art institute. ’Arts and sciences should cooperate in architecture’ -Gropius.
Bellini, Vincenzo. 1801-35. Italian Romantic opera composer. Norma 1831.
Berg, Alban. 1885-1935. Austrian opera composer. Adopted 12-note method. Atonal-tonal fusion. Wozzeck 1925.
Blow, John. 1649-1708. Westminster organist. First English opera, Venus and Adonis 1685.
Brecht, Bertolt. 1898-1956. German experimental dramatist: Threepenny Opera 1928. Mother Courage.
Britten, Benjamin. 1913-76. Influential English composer of operas and symphonies. Paul Bunyan 1941. Billy Budd 1951. War Requiem 1962. Death in Venice 1973.
Buffons, War of. 1752. Paris intellectuals debate Italian vs French opera. Rousseau.
Caccini, Giulio. 1550-1618. Italian composer. Monodic music, early operas.
Caribbean Community. 1973. Eng-speaking terr for economic co-operation. Replaced FTA.
CCF. 1932. Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. Canadian Socialist party. 1961 =New Democratic Party.
Chagall, Marc. 1887-1985. Russian/French painter of biblical scenes. Stained glass. Ceiling, Paris Opera 1964.
Cherubini, Luigi. 1760-1842. Italian/French composer. Classical form; French opera.
Cimarosa, Dominico. 1749-1801. Italian comic opera composer.