Classical

Question 1

Dramma giocoso

Answer 1

A drama with jokes in it, to make opera more “comedic.” It needed rapid changes in mood nad tempo

Question 2

Who led the new style of musical drama, dramma giocoso?

Answer 2

Galuppi

Question 3

Intermezzi

Answer 3

Musical skits performed between intermissions in an opera seria (3 act-movement).

They would perform a small musical skit in two parts – these stories would be light and funny, involving characters that were normal.

Question 4

Tragedie lyrique

Answer 4

“Lyric tradegy”. A type of nationalistic opera that was developed by the French.

These operas were connected with Classicism, connected to a revival of ancient mythology.

Question 5

Opera Buffa

Answer 5

The intermezzi associated with operas, which grew into its own indepedent genre: “comic opera.”

The most famous proponent was Mozart

Question 6

Singspiel

Answer 6

A German-language style of opera

Question 7

Why is the Magic Flute so significant?

Answer 7

Because it incorporates elements from all operatic styles: opera seria, opera buffa, and singspiel