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Opera-comique : a sourcebook
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ISBN: 1282776401 9786612776403 1443821683 9781282776401 9781443821681 6612776404 Year: 2010 Publisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars,

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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...

Regards sur l'opéra-comique : trois siècle de vie théâtrale
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ISBN: 2271058856 9782271058850 Year: 2002 Publisher: Paris : CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique),

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