Prima la musica e poi le parole

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Prima la musica e poi le parole is a one-act comic opera (opera buffa) by Antonio Salieri that satirizes the rivalry between music and poetry in opera.

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instanceOf one-act opera
opera buffa
commissionedBy Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
surface form: Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II
composer Antonio Salieri
countryOfPremiere Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy
firstPerformanceDate 1786-02-07
genre opera buffa
hasCharacter Maestro
Poet
Prima donna
Seconda donna
hasLibrettoForm verse
hasType intermezzo teatrale
intendedAudience imperial court
language Italian
librettist Giovanni Battista Casti
mainTheme artistic rivalry
conflict between composer and poet
metatheatrical true
movement Classical
notableFor early example of metatheatrical opera buffa
parody of opera seria and opera buffa conventions
numberOfActs 1
originalTitleLanguage Italian
period Classical era
placeOfComposition Vienna
premiereCity Vienna
premiereLocation Schönbrunn Palace
relatedWork Der Schauspieldirektor
satirizes opera buffa conventions
opera seria conventions
rivalry between music and poetry in opera
setting theatre rehearsal room
sharesPremiereEventWith Der Schauspieldirektor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor
structure one act without chorus
style comic
satirical
timeOfComposition circa 1785–1786
titleTranslation Prima la musica e poi le parole self-linksurface differs
surface form: First the music and then the words
writtenForOccasion Schönbrunn Palace
surface form: private performance at Schönbrunn Palace

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Antonio Salieri notableWork Prima la musica e poi le parole
Prima la musica e poi le parole titleTranslation Prima la musica e poi le parole self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: First the music and then the words