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| Azione teatrale | |
| Italian - 18th century | |
| Small-scale one-act opera or musical play. Early form of chamber opera. | |
| Also referred to as Azione scenica. A similar genre but on a larger scale is called Festa teatrale, which is sometimes also referred to as Componimento da camera, Componimento dramatico or Componimento pastorale. Serenata (literally 'evening song') is similar, a short opera performed at court for celebrations. Also used to refer to serenades. | |
| Operas | |
Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck)  - 1762  | |
| Composers | |
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)  | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) | |
| Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783) | |
| Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) | |
| Luigi Nono (1924-1990) | |
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