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Record 1 1978-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Performing Arts (General)
DEF

A type of opera written for few singers without chorus and a small orchestra often consisting entirely of solo instruments.

DEF

An opera of small dimensions and of an intimate character, accompanied by a small orchestra, e.g., Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, Mozart's Bastien and Bastienne, or Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Arts du spectacle (Généralités)
CONT

Bastien et Bastienne (1768) et le Directeur de théâtre (1786) [...] apparaissent comme une suite d'airs composés dans l'esprit du lied, d'où le nom de Liederspiele donné à ces petits opéras-comiques.

Spanish

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