intermède

The context in which the 'intermède' was performed has changed over time.

During the course of the century, the intermède gradually disappeared as it was developed and transformed into the opéra comique.

The similar form which developed in France at the same time was called the intermède; it was more reliant on dance than the Italian version.

Intermède for string orchestra, Op.

The sisters confess their delight before a group of mourners arrive on stage and sing the first intermède, the plainte italienne.

Although designated an opéra bouffon or an intermède, Les troqueurs is famous as an important work in the development of opéra comique.

C) Intermède (Les Gnomes)

Like the traditional ballet de cour of the time, many eminent figures at court participated in the ballets (particularly the final intermède) alongside professional musicians and dancers.

For the third intermède, Cupid invites a Cupid and a Zephyr to sing a divertissement in honour of Love.

The fourth movement is "Intermède" ("Interlude") and is played by the violin, cello, and clarinet.)

Bartlet, M Elizabeth C: Intermède in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed.

In the fourth intermède Psyche descends to hell, where eight furies dance a ballet to celebrate the rage they have inspired in so sweet a goddess as Venus.

The intermède was a new genre in 1661, when Molière described them as the "ornaments that [he and Lully] had intermingled with the comedy", Les Fâcheux.

The intermède was sometimes given between the acts of spoken plays, especially in the 17th century when they were performed with the works of Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine.

The intermède (the French equivalent of the intermezzo) was the single most important outside operatic influence in Paris in the mid-18th century, and helped create an entire new repertory of opera in France (see opera comique).

One, Le périgourdin ("The man from Périgord") was an intermède, a between-acts intermezzo that was presented at the private theatre of the prince de Conti at the Château de Chantilly, 7 June 1761.