TY - BOOK ID - 77921088 TI - Opera-comique : a sourcebook PY - 2010 SN - 1282776401 9786612776403 1443821683 9781282776401 9781443821681 6612776404 PB - Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, DB - UniCat KW - Opéra comique. KW - Opera KW - Opéra comique français KW - Opéra-Comique (Paris, France) KW - Comédie-Italienne (Paris, France) KW - Théâtre Feydeau KW - Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique (Paris, France) KW - Paris. KW - Salle Favart KW - Opéra national de Paris. KW - Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique (Paris, France) KW - Théâtre impérial de l'Opéra-Comique (Paris, France) KW - Opera comique. KW - Opera-Comique (Paris, France) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77921088 AB - Opéra-comique, like grand opéra, a specifically French genre of opera, emerged from the political changes and intellectual discussion that played a recurrent role in determining the nature of artistic expression and production in Paris from the late 17th until the mid-18th centuries. Opéra-comique is distinguished by its use of spoken dialogue to link the arias and sung parts, and its more restrained use of recitatives. It emerged out of the popular entertainments, called opéras-comiques en... ER -