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Comédie en vaudevilles, the Glossary

The comédie en vaudevilles was a theatrical entertainment which began in Paris towards the end of the 17th century, in which comedy was enlivened through lyrics using the melody of popular vaudeville songs.^[1]

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Opera genres

Acrobatics

Acrobatics is the performance of human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination.

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Ballad opera

The ballad opera is a genre of English comic opera stage play that originated in the early 18th century, and continued to develop over the following century and later. Comédie en vaudevilles and ballad opera are opera genres.

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Boulevard du Temple

The Boulevard du Temple, formerly nicknamed the "Boulevard du Crime", is a thoroughfare in Paris that separates the 3rd arrondissement from the 11th.

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Charles Simon Favart

Charles Simon Favart (13 November 1710 – 12 May 1792) was a French playwright and theatre director.

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Comédie-Française

The Comédie-Française or Théâtre-Français is one of the few state theatres in France.

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Comedy

Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: In Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters.

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Der Schauspieldirektor

(The Impresario), K. 486, is a comic singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, set to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, an Austrian Schauspieldirektor.

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Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Die Entführung aus dem Serail (K. 384; The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni (K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.

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Egidio Duni

Egidio Romualdo Duni (or Egide Romuald Duny; 11 February 1708 – 11 June 1775) was an Italian composer who studied in Naples and worked in Italy, France and London, writing both Italian and French operas.

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Fair

A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities.

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Falstaff (opera)

Falstaff is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.

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François-André Danican Philidor

François-André Danican Philidor (7 September 1726 – 31 August 1795), often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) and to the works they jointly created. Comédie en vaudevilles and Gilbert and Sullivan are theatrical genres.

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L'heure espagnole

L'heure espagnole is a French one-act opera from 1911, described as a comédie musicale, with music by Maurice Ravel to a French libretto by Franc-Nohain, based on Franc-Nohain's 1904 play ('comédie-bouffe') of the same nameStoullig E. Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique, 30eme edition, 1904.

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Le devin du village

Le devin du village ("The Village Soothsayer") is a one-act French opera (intermède) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who also wrote the libretto.

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Opéra comique

Opéra comique (plural: opéras comiques) is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. Comédie en vaudevilles and opéra comique are opera genres.

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Opéra-Comique

The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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Opera buffa

Opera buffa ("comic opera";: opere buffe) is a genre of opera. Comédie en vaudevilles and opera buffa are opera genres.

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Orfeo ed Euridice

(French:; English: Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi.

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Orlando paladino

Orlando paladino (The paladin Orlando), Hob. 28/11, is an opera in three acts by Joseph Haydn which was first performed at Eszterháza on 6 December 1782.

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Pantomime

Pantomime (informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. Comédie en vaudevilles and Pantomime are theatrical genres.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Paris Opera

The Paris Opera is the primary opera and ballet company of France.

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Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny

Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (–) was a French composer and a member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts (1813).

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Querelle des Bouffons

The ("Quarrel of the Comic Actors"), also known as the ("War of the Comic Actors"), was the name given to a battle of musical philosophies that took place in Paris between 1752 and 1754.

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Singspiel

A Singspiel (plural: Singspiele) is a form of German-language music drama, now regarded as a genre of opera. Comédie en vaudevilles and Singspiel are opera genres.

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Strophic form

Strophic form – also called verse-repeating form, chorus form, AAA song form, or one-part song form – is a song structure in which all verses or stanzas of the text are sung to the same music.

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Théâtre de la foire

Théâtre de la foire is the collective name given to the theatre put on at the annual fairs at Saint-Germain and Saint-Laurent (and for a time, at Saint-Ovide) in Paris.

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Théâtre du Vaudeville

The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre company in Paris.

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The Barber of Seville

The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution (Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an opera buffa in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini.

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The Marriage of Figaro (play)

The Marriage of Figaro (La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro")) is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais.

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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians.

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The New Grove Dictionary of Opera

The New Grove Dictionary of Opera is an encyclopedia of opera.

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The Rake's Progress

The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky.

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Trial by Jury

Trial by Jury is a comic opera in one act, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert.

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Vaudeville (song)

A vaudeville is a French satirical poem or song born of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comédie_en_vaudevilles

Also known as Comédie en vaudeville, Comédies en vaudevilles, Comédies-en-vaudevilles, Comédies-vaudevilles, Opéra-comique en vaudevilles, Opéras comiques en vaudevilles, Vaudeville final.

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