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Fairy-tale opera
may refer to any of several traditions of
opera
based on
fairy tales
.
Opéra féerie
is a French genre of
opera
or
opéra-ballet
, often with elements of magic in their stories.
[1]
The English genre of "fairy opera" includes
Gilbert and Sullivan
's
Iolanthe
The German genre of
Märchenoper
(fairy-tale opera) has its roots in Italian opera.
[2]
Hänsel und Gretel
is considered a key work of the genre.
[3]
References
^
Bartlet, M. Elizabeth C.
: "Opéra féerie" in
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
, ed.
Stanley Sadie
(London, 1992)
ISBN
0-333-73432-7
^
Millington, Barry: "Märchenoper" in
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
, ed.
Stanley Sadie
(London, 1992)
ISBN
0-333-73432-7
^
Haase, Donald, ed. (2008).
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: G–P
. Greenwood Press. p.
706
.
ISBN
9780313334436
.
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