Le maschere

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Le maschere is a comic opera in three acts by Italian composer Pietro Mascagni that playfully revives the traditions and stock characters of commedia dell’arte.

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Le Maschere 1
Le maschere canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic opera ⓘ
basedOn commedia dell’arte traditions ⓘ
catalogueNote one of Mascagni’s later operas ⓘ
composer Pietro Mascagni ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
features commedia dell’arte stock characters ⓘ
firstPerformanceCentury 20th century ⓘ
firstPerformedSimultaneouslyIn Florence ⓘ
Genoa ⓘ
Milan ⓘ
Palermo ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Turin ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
genre comic opera ⓘ
opera buffa ⓘ
hasCharacterType Brighella ⓘ
Colombina ⓘ
Doctor (Il Dottore) ⓘ
Harlequin ⓘ
Pantalone ⓘ
hasForm through-composed opera ⓘ
hasTheme revival of traditional comic theatre ⓘ
self-referential theatre ⓘ
hasType stage work ⓘ
intendedEffect playful and satirical tone ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Luigi Illica ⓘ
movement post-verismo Italian opera ⓘ
numberOfActs 3 ⓘ
orchestration orchestra and voices ⓘ
parodies verismo opera conventions ⓘ
periodOfSetting 18th century ⓘ
premiereCity Milan ⓘ
premiereCountry Italy ⓘ
premiereDate 1901-01-17 ⓘ
premiereNote premiered simultaneously in several Italian cities ⓘ
premiereReception generally mixed critical response ⓘ
premiereTheatre Teatro Lirico ⓘ
publicationCentury 20th century ⓘ
setting Italy ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
style neo-commedia dell’arte ⓘ
subjectMatter theatre and theatrical traditions ⓘ
titleLanguage Italian ⓘ
titleTranslation The Masks ⓘ
workOf Pietro Mascagni ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pietro Mascagni → composed → Le maschere ⓘ
Luigi Illica → wroteLibrettoFor → Le Maschere ⓘ
linked to: Le maschere