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Ballad opera has been called an "eighteenth-century protest against the Italian conquest of the London operatic scene." [2] It consists of racy and often satirical spoken (English) dialogue, interspersed with songs that are deliberately kept very short (mostly a single short stanza and refrain) to minimize disruptions to the flow of the story, which involves lower class, often criminal ...
The Beggar's Opera [1] is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch.It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today.
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His opera Artaxerxes (1762) was the first attempt to set a full-blown opera seria in English and was a huge success, holding the stage until the 1830s. His modernized ballad opera, Love in a Village (1762), was equally novel and began a vogue for pastiche opera that lasted well into the 19th century. Arne was one of the few English composers of ...
Love in a Village is a ballad opera in three acts that was composed and arranged by Thomas Arne. A pastiche, the work contains 42 musical numbers of which only five were newly composed works by Arne. A pastiche, the work contains 42 musical numbers of which only five were newly composed works by Arne.
Alexander the Great who appears as a character in over seventy operas, including two by George Frideric Handel. This is a list of historical figures who have been characters in opera or operetta. Historical accuracy in such works has often been subject to the imperatives of dramatic presentation. Consequently, in many cases:
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43: Ballad opera, 108'. Libretto after the ballad opera by John Gay. Premiered on 24 May 1948 at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. Published by Boosey & Hawkes. Let's Make an Opera (The Little Sweep), Op. 45: An Entertainment for Young People, 130'. Libretto by Eric Crozier. Premiered on 14 June 1949 at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh ...
The following is a list of operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given. For a list of operas sorted by name of composer, see List of operas by composer.