Everything about Op Ra Comique totally explained
» This article is about the opera style. For the Paris opera house, see Opéra-Comique. For the London opera house associated with the premieres of several Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, see Opera Comique.
Opéra comique (plural, opéras comiques) is a
French genre of
opera that contains spoken dialogue. It emerged out of the popular vaudevilles of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a lesser extent the
Comédie-Italienne). The name first appeared in reference to
Télémaque by A R Lesage (1715), but the tradition lasted well into the 20th century.
Associated with the
Paris theatre of the
same name, it is, despite its name, not necessarily comic or light in nature—indeed,
Carmen, likely the most famous opéra comique, is a tragedy. It is sometimes confused with 18th-century French version of the Italian
opera buffa which is called
opéra bouffon (different again from the 19th century
opéra bouffe).
Further Information
Get more info on 'Op Ra Comique'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://op__ra_comique.totallyexplained.com">Opéra comique Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
