What is a classical theatre name?

Answer 1

Classical plays include Greek drama and both tragedy and comedy that were written by Greek playwrights including Euripides. Shakespeare wrote classical plays along with Christopher Marlowe and Edmond Rostand.

Answer 2

Classical Opera is generally considered to a musical theatre production where the singers need a classically trained voice to be heard over the orchestra without benefit of amplification. Generally, classical operas are sung all the way through - works that have spoken dialogue are usually referred to as Operetta.

There are exceptions to both of these conditions - certain works that are technically operettas have become opera house standards and so no such distinction is made - two notable examples being Mozart's The Magic Flute and Strauss' Die Fledermaus. And some opera houses use ambient mics and "reinforcement" to deal with acoustical inadequacies of the house.

But in musical theatre, where mics are hidden in wigs or costumes (or ugh! visible like phone operators), the demands on the voice are greatly reduced and so these productions are generally referred to as "musicals."

Opera began in the late 16th century in Italy (it actually sprang from an attempt to revive ancient Greek theatre) and new works continue to be written today (Phillip Glass, Jake Heggie, William Bolcom, to name a few current composers). Most of the modern repertory of what is considered "classical" opera, however, runs from the period of Mozart (18th century) to the early 20th century works of Puccini.

Answer 3

A classical monologue is one that is from classical plays including one by a Greek playwright. Many classical monologues come from plays by Shakespeare.

Answer 4

The Globe theater, home to many Shakespeare plays, is one well known classical theater.