OPERA

OPERA

LIGHT OPERAS

LIGHT OPERAS 

Some musical shows combine the parts that are spoken with the parts that are sung.

This kind of show had different names depending on the historical period and the country.

Zarzuela

In Spain composers like Ruperto Chapí composed "La revoltosa"

Listen to the Prelude.

or 

  Francisco Asenjo Barbieri "El barberillo  de Lavapies"

Singspiel

Mozart composed some magnificent Singspiels,like for example , "The Magic Flute"

Performed in the Metropltitan Opera in 2006.