Fairy-tale opera may refer to any of several traditions of opera based on fairy tales.
- Opéra féerie is a French genre of opera or opéra-ballet, often with elements of magic in their stories.[1]
- The English genre of "fairy opera" includes Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe
- The German genre of Märchenoper (fairy-tale opera) has its roots in Italian opera.[2] Hänsel und Gretel is considered a key work of the genre.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bartlet, M. Elizabeth C.: "Opéra féerie" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
- ^ Millington, Barry: "Märchenoper" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
- ^ Haase, Donald, ed. (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: G–P. Greenwood Press. p. 706. ISBN 9780313334436.
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