Category: Culture/Art

Analysis:

Opera seria - popular in the seventeenth century with serious themes and sublime and gorgeous music style

An opera that emphasizes singing skills.

Opera-ballet - a genre that was popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries and that emphasized both singing and dancing.

Comic opera (opera buffa) - also known as "comedy opera", is a type of opera that is comparable to serious opera.

Popular in the eighteenth century. The themes are taken from daily life. The music style is light and humorous.

Grand opera - popular in France in the 19th century, mostly using historical themes and having an epic nature

The music style is gorgeous and magnificent, the scenes are larger than ordinary operas, and often Insert ballet.

Opera (operetta) - also known as operetta, was popular in France in the 19th century. It often has dialogue.

The music style is light and humorous, and sometimes more lyrical.

Music drama - the name given to his opera works by the German composer Wagner in the 19th century.

He used this to show that he attached great importance to the orchestra, drama, stage design and other factors, emphasizing the

"comprehensive art" characteristics of opera, unlike other composers who Singing takes priority.

Musical edy - musical, also known as "musical comedy". Or rather

"The American Musical." It originated from Broadway in the United States at the end of the 19th century. The entertainment center in New York, USA,

an important location for theatrical activities). The content ranges from light and humorous to serious and profound, but is often closely related to real life

. The music style is relatively popular, sometimes a mixture of serious and popular music styles.

Opera - oratorio (opera-oratorio) - combines opera and oratorio (including solo, chorus and orchestra).

An ancient musical genre that is not the same as opera. It is a static performance method - the actors have no dramatic movements,

and it is a genre with religious themes as the main content), a mixture of themes, the modern Russian composer Stravinsky

The title of his work "Oedipus the King".

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In addition to the above types, there are also Baroque Opera, Classical Opera, and Romantic Opera (Romantic Opera), Nationalist Opera (Nationalist Opera),

Realistic Opera (Veri***o Opera), Impressionistic Opera (Impressionistic Opera)

Expressionist Opera ( Epressionist Opera) and other genres

In actual works, the types of operas are often mixed, so some works cannot be simply attributed to a certain type.