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Ballet opera | |
English - 18th century | |
Entertainment combining opera and ballet. | |
Originated in London as a reaction against Italian opera. Early examples used existing popular ballad tunes set to satirical texts. Also popular in Dublin and America. Influenced the German Singspiel, and subsequently 20th-century opera. | |
Operas | |
Composers | |
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) | |
Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752) | |
Thomas Arne (1710-1778) | |
Edward Loder (1813-1865) | |
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) | |
Kurt Weill (1900-1950) | |
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