dramma eroicomico

Definition of the Italian term dramma eroicomico in music:

literally "heroic-comic drama"
Italian subgenre of opera buffa originating in the late 18th century

Language

Italian

Singular

dramma eroicomico

Plural

drammi eroicomici

Italian musical terms related to dramma eroicomico:

azione scenica – literally "stage action"...
azione teatrale – literally "theatrical action"...
burla – joke, prank...
burletta – light comic opera
commedia in musica – opera buffa (Italian genre of comic opera originat...
componimento da camera – literally "chamber composition"...
componimento drammatico – literally "dramatic composition"...
componimento pastorale – literally "pastoral composition"...
dramma – drama, play, opera...
dramma bernesco – literally "burlesque drama"...
dramma comico – literally "comic drama"...
dramma giocoso – literally "comic drama"...
dramma lirico – literally "lyric drama"...
dramma musicale – libretto or text written to be set to music...
dramma pastorale – literally "pastoral drama"...
dramma per musica – libretto or text written to be set to music...
dramma semiserio – literally "semi-serious drama"...
dramma tragicomico – literally "tragicomic drama"...
farsa – farce (style of humor characterized by exaggeratio...
farsetta – farsa (Italian comic opera, typically in one act, ...
festa teatrale – 18th-century genre of musical theater and opera (u...
grand opera – grand opera (genre of 19th-century opera, characte...
melodramma serio – literally "serious melodrama"...
opera – opera (genre)...
opera ballo – literally "dance opera"...
opera buffa – literally "comic opera"...
opera da camera – chamber opera (opera written to be performed with ...
opera eroica – literally "heroic opera"...
opera semiseria – literally "semi-serious opera"...
opera seria – literally "serious opera"...
operetta – operetta (opera of a lighter character, often with...
pasticcio – pastiche...
semi-opera – semi-opera
verismo – verismo (style of Italian opera)

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