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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Comédie Italienne | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Parisian theatre company
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commedia dell’arte troupe ⓘ theatre company ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Italian Comedy
NERFINISHED
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Théâtre-Italien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artForm |
opera
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theatre ⓘ |
| artisticGoal | comic entertainment ⓘ |
| associatedTheatricalTradition |
French opéra-comique
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Italian commedia dell’arte ⓘ |
| audience | Parisian public ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence |
adaptation of Italian commedia to French tastes
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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
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mask use ⓘ physical comedy ⓘ stock characters ⓘ |
| specialization |
French-Italian comic performances
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Italian-language comic performances ⓘ commedia dell’arte ⓘ opera buffa ⓘ |
| typicalCharacterType |
Brighella
NERFINISHED
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Colombina NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlequin NERFINISHED ⓘ Pantalone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalRepertoire |
farce
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intermezzo ⓘ opera buffa one-acts ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Comédie Italienne