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Semi-opera, the Glossary

The terms "semi-opera", "dramatic opera" and "English opera" were all applied to Restoration entertainments that combined spoken plays with masque-like episodes employing singing and dancing characters.^[1]

48 relations: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Albion and Albanius, Brutus of Alba (opera), Daniel Purcell, Dioclesian, Elkanah Settle, Giovanni Battista Draghi (composer), Gottfried Finger, Henry Purcell, Jean-Baptiste Lully, John Banister (composer), John Crowne, John Dennis (dramatist), John Dryden, John Eccles (composer), John Fletcher (playwright), John Oldmixon, John Weldon (musician), Juan Hidalgo de Polanco, King Arthur (opera), Lord Chamberlain, Louis Grabu, Macbeth, Masque, Matthew Locke (composer), Nathaniel Lee, Opera, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Pelham Humfrey, Peter Anthony Motteux, Philip Massinger, Psyche (Locke), Restoration spectacular, Richard Leveridge, Rinaldo and Armida (play), Robert Howard (playwright), Samuel Akeroyde, Stage machinery, The Fairy-Queen, The Indian Queen (opera), The Tempest, The Virgin Prophetess, Thomas Betterton, Thomas d'Urfey, Thomas Shadwell, William Davenant, William Shakespeare, Zarzuela.
Opera genres
Semi-operas

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596.

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Albion and Albanius

Albion and Albanius is an opera, closely resembling a French tragédie en musique, by Louis Grabu with an English libretto by John Dryden. Semi-opera and Albion and Albanius are semi-operas.

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Brutus of Alba (opera)

Brutus of Alba; Or, Augusta's Triumph is a 1696 semi-opera composed by Daniel Purcell to a libretto by the playwright George Powell. Semi-opera and Brutus of Alba (opera) are semi-operas.

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Daniel Purcell

Daniel Purcell (c. 1664 – buried 26 November 1717) was an English Baroque composer, the younger brother or cousin of Henry Purcell.

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Dioclesian

Dioclesian (The Prophetess: or, The History of Dioclesian) is an English tragicomic semi-opera in five acts by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Thomas Betterton based on the play The Prophetess, by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, which in turn was based very loosely on the life of the Emperor Diocletian. Semi-opera and Dioclesian are semi-operas.

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Elkanah Settle

Elkanah Settle (1 February 1648 – 12 February 1724) was an English poet and playwright.

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Giovanni Battista Draghi (composer)

Giovanni Battista Draghi (ca. 1640 – buried 13 May 1708) was an Anglo-Italian composer and keyboard player.

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Gottfried Finger

Gottfried Finger (c. 1655-56 – buried 31 August 1730), also Godfrey Finger, was a Moravian Baroque composer.

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Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell (rare:; September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music.

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Jean-Baptiste Lully

Jean-Baptiste Lully (– 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style.

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John Banister (composer)

John Banister (1630 – 3 October 1679) was an English musical composer and violinist.

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John Crowne

John Crowne (6 April 1641 – 1712) was a British dramatist.

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John Dennis (dramatist)

John Dennis (16 September 1657 – 6 January 1734) was an English critic and dramatist.

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John Dryden

John Dryden (–) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.

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John Eccles (composer)

John Eccles (1668 – 12 January 1735) was an English composer.

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John Fletcher (playwright)

John Fletcher (December 1579 – August 1625) was an English playwright.

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John Oldmixon

John Oldmixon (1673 – 9 July 1742) was an English historian.

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John Weldon (musician)

John Weldon (19 January 1676 – 7 May 1736) was an English composer.

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Juan Hidalgo de Polanco

Juan Hidalgo de Polanco (28 September 1614 – 31 March 1685) was a Spanish composer and harpist who became the most influential composer of his time in the Hispanic world writing the music for the first two operas created in Spanish.

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King Arthur (opera)

King Arthur, or The British Worthy (Z. 628), is a semi-opera in five acts with music by Henry Purcell and a libretto by John Dryden. Semi-opera and King Arthur (opera) are semi-operas.

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Lord Chamberlain

The Lord Chamberlain of the Household is the most senior officer of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, supervising the departments which support and provide advice to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom while also acting as the main channel of communication between the Sovereign and the House of Lords.

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Louis Grabu

Louis Grabu, Grabut, Grabue, or Grebus (fl. 1665 – 1690, died after 1693) was a Catalan-born, French-trained composer and violinist who was mainly active in England.

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Macbeth

Macbeth (full title The Tragedie of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.

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Masque

The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment that flourished in 16th- and early 17th-century Europe, though it was developed earlier in Italy, in forms including the intermedio (a public version of the masque was the pageant).

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Matthew Locke (composer)

Matthew Locke (c. 1621 – August 1677) was an English Baroque composer and music theorist.

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Nathaniel Lee

Nathaniel Lee (c. 1653 – 6 May 1692) was an English dramatist.

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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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Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pedro Calderón de la Barca (17 January 160025 May 1681) (full name: Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer.

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Pelham Humfrey

Pelham Humfrey (Humphrey, Humphrys) (1647 in London – 14 July 1674 in Windsor) was an English composer.

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Peter Anthony Motteux

Peter Anthony Motteux (born Pierre Antoine Motteux; 25 February 1663 – 18 February 1718) was a French-born English author, playwright, and translator.

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Philip Massinger

Philip Massinger (1583 – 17 March 1640) was an English dramatist.

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Psyche (Locke)

Psyche is a semi-opera in five acts with music by Matthew Locke to a libretto by Thomas Shadwell with dances (now lost) by Giovanni Battista Draghi. Semi-opera and Psyche (Locke) are semi-operas.

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Restoration spectacular

The Restoration spectacular was a type of theatre production of the late 17th-century Restoration period, defined by the amount of money, time, sets, and performers it required to be produced.

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Richard Leveridge

Richard Leveridge (or Leueridge) (19 July 1670 – 22 March 1758) was an English bass singer of the London stage and a composer of baroque music, including many popular songs.

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Rinaldo and Armida (play)

Rinaldo and Armida is a 1698 tragedy by the English writer John Dennis.

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Robert Howard (playwright)

Sir Robert Howard (January 1626 – 3 September 1698) was an English playwright and politician.

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Samuel Akeroyde

Samuel Akeroyde (also Ackroyd, Ackroyde, Acroyd; fl. 1684-1706) was a popular and prolific composer of songs in the latter part of the 17th century.

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Stage machinery

Stage machinery, also known as stage mechanics, comprises the mechanical devices used to create special effects in theatrical productions, including scene changes, lowering actors through the stage floor (traps) and enabling actors to 'fly' over the stage.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-opera

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Opera genres

Semi-operas

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