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Die Opernprobe
''Die Opernprobe'' (The opera rehearsal), also titled ''Die vornehmen Dilettanten'' (The distinguished dilettantes), is a comic opera (''Spieloper'') in one act by Albert Lortzing, to a libretto which he adapted from a play by Philippe Poisson (actor), Philippe Poisson which had been translated by . The premiere was on 20 January 1851 at the Oper Frankfurt. History Lortzing was a successful composer of ''Spielopern'', comic operas with spoken dialogue, from ''Zar und Zimmermann'' in 1837 to ''Der Waffenschmied'' in 1846. He composed ''Die Opernprobe'' in 1850 when he was director of the in Berlin, which rarely played operas. For the libretto, he freely adapted a 1733 French play by Philippe Poisson, ''L'Impromptu de campagne'', which Johann Friedrich Jünger had translated to German in 1794, as ''Die Komödie aus dem Stegreif'' (The improvised comedy). Lortzing had appeared as a character in the play in Cologne in 1825. ''Die Opernprobe'' premiered on 20 January 1851 at the Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spieloper
In the 19th century, Spieloper ('opera play') was understood to mean a light opera genre, developed from Singspiel. Works typical of the genre include those by Albert Lortzing, such as ''Zar und Zimmermann'', and Otto Nicolai's '' The Merry Wives of Windsor''. A key difference between Spieloper and Singspiel on the one hand, and opera buffa on the other, is that the two former genres contain spoken dialogues instead of recitatives, which is why Conradin Kreutzer's '' Das Nachtlager in Granada'' and Friedrich von Flotow's ''Martha'' do not belong to this genre. Technically, a Spieloper is an opera with a comic plot and light, pleasant music, differentiating it from more serious opera. Similarly, there are special role types such as Spieltenor or Spielbass for singers with lighter voices and the ability to act in comedies. The Spieloper was also inspired by the French opéra comique of the late 18th century, a narrowly defined form of opera. The boundaries between Spieloper and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
