Fairy-tale opera

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) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
^ Millington, Barry: "Märchenoper" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').

This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).
If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

[1] Bartlet, M. Elizabeth C.: "Opéra féerie" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

[2] Millington, Barry: "Märchenoper" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

[3] Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

[1]

[2]

[3]

Fairy-tale opera

References

Navigation menu

Search