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Encyclopedia of Aesthetics

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2008
Subject:
Art & Architecture, Philosophy
Length:
3,695 words

The status of opera as an artistic medium is problematic. The difficulty derives primarily from the combination of various elements—music,

Opera

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Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
History, modern history (1700 to 1945)
Length:
5,529 words

Opera was at the center of some of the largest cultural debates of the Enlightenment. Combining the sensual and nonrational

Opera

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The Oxford Companion to Australian History

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
History, Regional and National History
Length:
725 words

put down deep roots early in Australia and has never ceased to flourish. Its history can be divided into pioneering,

Opera

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The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature
Length:
718 words

is the generic term for dramas set wholly or in large part to music. It embraces a multitude of

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The Oxford Companion to Irish History (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2007
Subject:
History, Regional and National History
Length:
441 words

Although the cultivation of opera in Ireland was slow to develop, the performance of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera in

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
History, Early Modern History (1500 to 1700)
Length:
161 words

Grew out of Italian court theatrical entertainment, principally the pastoral and the intermedio (see intermezzo), of which the most famous were those for ...

Opera

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The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature
Length:
1,044 words

The French operatic tradition that dates from Lully persists into the 20th c. It is characterized by the emphasis placed

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World Encyclopedia

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
89 words

Stage drama that is sung. It combines acting, singing, orchestral music, set and costume design, making spectacular entertainment. The best-known

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Simon Williams, Simon Williams, Simon Williams, and Simon Williams

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Performing arts, Theatre
Length:
4,285 words
Dramatic work in which the action is sung by solo singers and, in most works, a chorus, to orchestral, instrumental, or keyboard accompaniment. Some operas include passages of spoken ... ... More
Opéra

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John Golder

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Performing arts, Theatre
Length:
555 words

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Founded in 1669, the Academy of Opera gave its inaugural production, Perrin and Cambert's Pomone, in 1671, at the Bouteille ...

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The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Performing arts, Theatre
Length:
1,224 words

The twentieth century opened with opera as a vital and contemporary art form, in many ways leading innovations in music

Opera.

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John Dizikes

The Oxford Companion to United States History

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
History, Regional and National History
Length:
635 words
Opera came to America in 1735, in the form of English ballad opera featuring spoken dialogue, new lyrics set to familiar tunes, and subjects taken from ordinary life. In the 1790s, French ... More
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The Companion to Theatre and Performance

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Performing arts, Theatre
Length:
1,809 words

Dramatic work in which the *action is sung by solo singers and often a *chorus, to orchestral, instrumental, or keyboard accompaniment. Some operas include passages of spoken ...

Opera

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Tom C. Owens

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2008
Subject:
History, Contemporary History (post 1945)
Length:
1,207 words
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Composed in Florence around 1600, the earliest operas attempted to recapture an idealized ancient Greek fusion of drama and music. These works, sung throughout, comprised mostly ... More
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Stephen P. Lock

The Oxford Companion to Medicine (3 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Medicine and health
Length:
968 words
was long thought of as the least profound of the arts. As such, any relation with medicine would be superficial, shown, say, by those doctors who stand by helplessly and merely pronounce ... More
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Carl Morey

The Oxford Companion to Canadian History

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
History, Regional and National History
Length:
362 words
Although a few operatic performances were heard in Halifax, Quebec, and Montreal in the 18th century, it was only from the mid-19th century that the towns and cities in Lower and Upper ... More
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Denis Arnold, Nicholas Temperley, Geoffrey Norris, Paul Griffiths, Nicholas Temperley, and Nicholas Temperley

The Oxford Companion to Music

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2011
Subject:
Music
Length:
21,662 words
A staged drama in which accompanied singing has an essential function. Opera is the grandest and most expensive of musical entertainments, and in its fullest forms has almost invariably ... More
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The Oxford Dictionary of Music (6 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2013
Subject:
Music
Length:
19 words

Opera. Also refers to an opera co., e.g. Vienna Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera co. implied).

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The Oxford Dictionary of Music (6 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2013
Subject:
Music
Length:
1,773 words

Drama set to music to be sung with instr acc. by singers usually in costume. Recit. or spoken dialogue may separate the ...

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