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ballad opera
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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ballad opera. Opera with spoken dialogue and using popular tunes of the day provided with new words. Form originated in England with Allan Ramsay's
The Gentle Shepherd (1725), but the success in 1728 of Gay's
The Beggar's Opera started the vogue for this type of entertainment which lasted for nearly 30 years. Charles Coffey's
The Devil to pay (1731) was adapted in Ger. in 1743 as
Der Teufel ist los and est. the
Singspiel tradition which culminated in Mozart's
Die Entführung aus dem Serail. There are also wider definitions of the genre; and in the 20th cent. Vaughan Williams's
Hugh the Drover (1914) is described as a ‘romantic ballad opera’ by the composer although it has no spoken dialogue and does not exclusively comprise traditional tunes.
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Laihui artists perform Phou-Oibi, a Manipuri Ballad Opera.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 4/17/2009; 627 words
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Performing Resistance to the New Rural Order: An Unpublished Ballad Opera and the Green Song
Magazine article from: The Eighteenth Century; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...explores the case for the "green ballad" in the eighteenth century...of the time. "The Charnwood Opera," an unpublished dramatic...considered to be in the traditional ballad mold, perhaps left out of Francis...in the context of the "green ballad" lies in its major contrastive...
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Performing resistance to the new rural order: an unpublished ballad opera and the green song.(nature and literature)
Magazine article from: Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...paper explores the case for the green ballad in the eighteenth century, presenting...entertainments of the time. The Charnwood Opera, an unpublished dramatic entertainment...been considered to be in the traditional ballad mold, perhaps left out of Francis James...
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Opera, jazz, ballads on show
Newspaper article from: The Press; 2/25/2000; 700+ words
; ...appearing courtesy of Canterbury opera, will present a delightful segment of light opera including solo arias and duets...selection of Scottish and Irish ballads. Children's entertainment...further segment of song from opera and showtime, will be presented...
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Opera: The Ballad of Baby Doe; Bloomsbury Theatre, London
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/14/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...European imagination, American operas of a certain age never quite...thanks. Douglas Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe, premiered in...Enter University College Opera (UCO), a student-based...to make grand claims for The Ballad of Baby Doe, but it's a...in its buttonhole. n `The Ballad of Baby ...
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RETURN OF A COLORADO CLASSIC CENTRAL CITY OPERA DUSTS `BALLAD OF BABY DOE' 40 YEARS AFTER PREMIERE.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 6/28/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...News Music / Dance Writer The Ballad of Baby Doe fits inside the Central City Opera House like a comfortable old...that. Commissioned by the opera company and premiered there...of us,'' she says. The Ballad of Baby Doe has remained in...
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CENTRAL CITY OPERA DOUGLAS MOORE: BALLAD OF BABY DOE NEWPORT CLASSICS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/15/1998; ; 399 words
; The Boston Lyric Opera's production of Douglas Moore's "The Ballad of Baby Doe" should direct some attention to this American...years -- made a couple of years ago in the Central City Opera House, and conducted by John Moriarty. The new recording...
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The Value of "Nothing": Ballads in The Beggar's Opera
Magazine article from: The Eighteenth Century; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Imagination, The Beggar's Opera serves as a central...criminal biographies to the operas that entranced the English...incorporation of the ballad also shows that the...scholarship on "The Ballad Revival" exhibits a...appropriation of minstrel ballads and traditional ...
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The value of "nothing": ballads in The Beggar's Opera.
Magazine article from: Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Imagination, The Beggar's Opera serves as a central...criminal biographies to the operas that entranced the English...incorporation of the ballad also shows that the...scholarship on "The Ballad Revival" exhibits a...appropriation of minstrel ballads and traditional ...
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This cloud had a silver lining: the Washington Opera has revived the improbable story of Horace and 'Baby' Tabor.('The Ballad of Baby Doe')(includes related information)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 2/10/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...in Colorado. Tabor built an opera house, cast off his dour...City Opera of Denver. The Ballad of Baby Doe was revised for...opera every season. "This opera means a lot to me, too...the quintessential American opera, filled with political and...goods. Some have belittled the ...
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Ballad Opera
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Ballad Opera, name given in England to a play of...Opera (1728). Such was the vogue for ballad operas that in the next 10 years almost 100...with such success that a German form of ballad opera became popular there, under the...
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ballad opera
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
ballad opera. Opera with spoken dialogue and using popular tunes of the day provided with...Williams's Hugh the Drover (1914) is described as a ‘romantic ballad opera’ by the composer although it has no spoken dialogue...
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Opera
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
OPERA OPERA performance...Europe. The earliest operas heard were English ballad operas brought over...number of American operas, particularly after the 1960s. Early opera performances were...Andrew Barton's ballad opera, The Disappointment...
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Beggar's Opera, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Beggar's Opera, The. First and most popular of ballad operas. In 3 acts, arr. and adapted by Christoph...tunes are mostly derived from popular ballads of the day. The plot deals with London...1937) is an arr. of The Beggar's Opera . The Gay-Pepusch sequel Polly , dating...
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opera
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
opera. The general term, taken...some or all of their parts. Opera involves a union of music...although the first Florentine operas around 1600 emphasized the...began a brief vogue for ballad opera, with simple, popular...Five Rossini and two Verdi operas were performed in the first ...
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