Comédie-Italienne

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The Comédie-Italienne was a Parisian theatre company specializing in Italian-language and later French-Italian comic performances, particularly commedia dell’arte and opera buffa.

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Comédie Italienne 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parisian theatre company
commedia dell’arte troupe
theatre company
alsoKnownAs Italian Comedy NERFINISHED
Théâtre-Italien NERFINISHED
artForm opera
theatre
artisticGoal comic entertainment
associatedTheatricalTradition French opéra-comique
Italian commedia dell’arte
audience Parisian public
country France
culturalInfluence adaptation of Italian commedia to French tastes
development of French comic opera
genre comedy
historicalLanguageShift from Italian to mixed French-Italian repertoire
language French
Italian
location Paris
medium live performance
notablePerformanceType improvised masked comedy
operatedIn Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED
operatedInCity Paris, France NERFINISHED
performanceStyle improvisation
mask use
physical comedy
stock characters
specialization French-Italian comic performances
Italian-language comic performances
commedia dell’arte
opera buffa
typicalCharacterType Brighella NERFINISHED
Colombina NERFINISHED
Harlequin NERFINISHED
Pantalone NERFINISHED
typicalRepertoire farce
intermezzo
opera buffa one-acts

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Carlo Goldoni employer Comédie-Italienne
Rue de la Gaîté hasTheatre Comédie-Italienne
this entity surface form: Comédie Italienne