After Verdi and Wagner, there were no other great Romantic opera composers. In Germany, there was Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, which combined Wagnerian techniques with the world of fairy tales, and in Italy, Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, which took the life of the lower classes as their subject matter and enhanced it with a vivid sense of reality. However, the success of the verismo (realism) operas by Mascagni and Leoncavallo was only temporary, and it was Puccini, known for La Bohème and Madame Butterfly, who inherited the tradition of bel canto singing that had been cultivated in Italy since the 18th century and built the final peak of lyrical melodic beauty. From Mascagni…In 1984, he left school and became the conductor of a traveling operetta troupe. In 1988, he won first place in a competition run by the Sonzogno Publishing Company for his one-act opera Cavalleria rusticana, which was based on the life of the Sicilian people. Since its hugely successful premiere in 1990, this opera has been considered a masterpiece of verismo opera, along with Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Cavalleria Rusticana" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… ベルディとワーグナー以後は,彼らに匹敵するほど偉大なロマン派オペラの作曲家はもはや現れなかった。ドイツではワーグナー風の技法をメルヘンの世界と結びつけたフンパーディンクの《ヘンゼルとグレーテル》があり,イタリアでは,下層市民の生活に題材をとり,なまなましい現実感を盛り上げたマスカーニの《カバレリア・ルスティカーナ》とレオンカバロの《パリアッチ》が現れた。しかし,マスカーニやレオンカバロによるベリズモ(写実主義)オペラの成功は一時的なものにすぎず,18世紀以来イタリアで培われてきたベル・カント唱法の伝統を受け継いで抒情的旋律美の最後の峰を築いたのは,《ラ・ボエーム》や《蝶々夫人》で知られるプッチーニであった。… 【マスカーニ】より…84年退学して旅回りのオペレッタ一座の指揮者となる。88年シチリアの民衆生活に題材をとった一幕オペラ《カバレリア・ルスティカーナCavalleria rusticana》によって,ソンゾーニョ出版社主催のコンクール第1位を受賞。このオペラは大成功を博した90年の初演以来レオンカバロの《パリアッチ》とともに,ベリズモ・オペラの代表作とされる。… ※「《カバレリア・ルスティカーナ》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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