Opera genres Opera genres Ballad operas ( comic operas) are popular 18th century English operas. They are less serious and are set to popular, traditional tunes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ballad opera"
Belcanto (Bel Canto, bel canto) (Italian, beautiful singing) is an Italian musical term. It refers to the art and science of vocal technique which originated in Italy during the late sixteenth century and reached its pinnacle in the early part of the nineteenth century during the Bel Canto opera era. Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti are the best-known exponents of this style, which flourished from approximately 1810 to 1830. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belcanto"
The term comic opera causes inevitable confusion when it comes to definitions. The term is a translation of the Italian opera buffa. As properly used by musical historians, "comic opera" refers specifically to the light-hearted musical plays that began to be offered as an alternative to weightier opera seria (17th-century opera based on classical mythology) in Naples around the year 1700. The first comic opera of note was il Trionfo dell'onore by Alessandro Scarlatti from 1718. Early comic opera was often in Neapolitan dialect but became "Italianized" during the century in the works of Pergolesi (la serva padrona), Piccinni (la Cecchina), Cimarosa [il matrimonio secreto) and then to the great comic operas of Mozart and, later, Rossini. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comic opera"
A fantasy opera may be defined as an opera whose libretto falls under the rubric of fantasy. While fantasy is more often associated with other genres, in fact a good many operas have fantasy plotlines. Examples include The Magic Flute, The Ring of the Nibelungen, The Woman without a Shadow, Oberon (opera), Britten's ...more on Wikipedia about "Fantasy opera"
The French lyric tragedy (french : tragédie lyrique or tragédie en musique) is a specific french form of opera introduced by Jean-Baptiste Lully and used by his followers during the first half of XVIII century until Jean-Philippe Rameau. ...more on Wikipedia about "French lyric tragedy"
Género chico (literally, "little genre") is a Spanish genre of short light dramas. It is a subgenre of zarzuela, the Spanish operetta. It differs from zarzuela grande and most other opera forms both by being short and by aiming at a proletarian audience. It could be considered to be in many ways the nineteenth-century Spanish equivalent of the modern televised soap opera. ...more on Wikipedia about "Género chico"
Grand Opéra is a style of opera largely characterized by many features on an excessive scale. Heroic and mythological subjects, large casts, vast orchestras, richly detailed sets, sumptuous costumes and spectacular scenic effects are all features of this genre, as well as continuous music ( recitative instead of spoken dialogue), a four or five-act structure and the prevalence of ballets. Originating in mid-nineteenth century France, it fell into disfavor within several decades, as the expense of staging these mammoth works and the generally inferior quality of the music caused newer styles to gain in popularity. Nevertheless, grand opéra did not die out, many composers continued to write these works, and the style continued to be influential. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grand Opera"
Opera Ballet (ballets de cour) is the name given to ballets performed in the 17th century that occurred within an Opera. Jean-Baptiste Lully is considered the most important composer music for Opera Ballet and instrumental to the development of the form. During his employment by Louis XIV as director of the Academie Royale de Music he worked with Pierre Beauchamp, Molière, Philippe Quinault and Mademoiselle De Lafontaine, (the first professional female dancer and Premiere danseuse of the Paris Opera) to develop ballet as an art form equal to that of the accompanying music. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opera ballet"
Opera buffa ( Comic opera), also known as Commedia per musica (musical comedy), or Dramma giocoso per musica (musical dramatic comedy), is a form of opera. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opera buffa"
Opéra comique is a French style of opera that is a partial counterpart to the Italian opera buffa. Unlike opera buffa however, opéra comique generally uses spoken dialogue instead of recitative. Despite its name, it is not necessarily comic or light in nature. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opéra comique"
Opera electronica is a modern musical style that utilizes and mixes the traditional use of voices and acoustic instruments with electronical means ( samplers, synthesizers, Computers and so on). This modern Opera style had appeared in the pioneering 1970s due to great improvment in computers and electronic instruments. Composers who have created musical pieces in this genre may include: Harrison Birtwistle, Luigi Nono, Philip Glass, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Laurie Anderson, Mauricio Diaz. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opera electronica"
Opera seria is an Italian musical term which refers to the noble and 'serious' style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from the 1720s to ca 1770. The only popular rival to opera seria was opera buffa, the 'comic' opera that took its cue from the improvisatory commedia dell'arte. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opera seria"
Singspiel ("song-play") is form of German-language music drama, similar to modern musical theater, though it is also referred to as a type of operetta or opera. It is characterized by spoken dialogue, sometimes performed over music, interspersed with ensembles, popular songs, ballads or arias (which were often folk-like and strophic in nature). ...more on Wikipedia about "Singspiel"
Verismo is a style of Italian opera distinguished by realistic (sometimes sordid or violent, but not necessarily) depictions of everyday life (especially life of the lower classes), as opposed to historical or mythological subjects. Verismo works aim at realism (hence the name "verismo," or "realism"). ...more on Wikipedia about "Verismo"
Zarzuela ( IPA /θarθ'wela/ in Spain, /sars'wela/ in the New World) is the Spanish lyrical opera. The name "zarzuela" is derived from "zarza" ("bramble"), for the bramble that grew outside the Palacio de la Zarzuela named for it. It is the residence of the Spanish royal family, outside Madrid; the opera style was named for the palace, where in the 17th century this kind of drama was held for the Spanish court. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zarzuela"
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