Le maschere

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Le maschere is a comic opera in three acts by Italian composer Pietro Mascagni that playfully revives the traditions and stock characters of commedia dell’arte.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic opera
basedOn commedia dell’arte traditions
catalogueNote one of Mascagni’s later operas
composer Pietro Mascagni NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
features commedia dell’arte stock characters
firstPerformanceCentury 20th century
firstPerformedSimultaneouslyIn Florence GENERATED
Genoa GENERATED
Milan GENERATED
Palermo GENERATED
Rome GENERATED
Turin GENERATED
Venice GENERATED
genre comic opera
opera buffa
hasCharacterType Brighella NERFINISHED
Colombina NERFINISHED
Doctor (Il Dottore) NERFINISHED
Harlequin NERFINISHED
Pantalone NERFINISHED
hasForm through-composed opera
hasTheme revival of traditional comic theatre
self-referential theatre
hasType stage work
intendedEffect playful and satirical tone
language Italian
librettist Luigi Illica NERFINISHED
movement post-verismo Italian opera
numberOfActs 3
orchestration orchestra and voices
parodies verismo opera conventions
periodOfSetting 18th century
premiereCity Milan NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Italy NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1901-01-17
premiereNote premiered simultaneously in several Italian cities
premiereReception generally mixed critical response
premiereTheatre Teatro Lirico NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 20th century
setting Italy NERFINISHED
structure three acts
style neo-commedia dell’arte
subjectMatter theatre and theatrical traditions
titleLanguage Italian
titleTranslation The Masks NERFINISHED
workOf Pietro Mascagni NERFINISHED

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Pietro Mascagni composed Le maschere