It is usually the main story - for example, in Puccini's La Boheme, while there are a number of 'stories' the main one is regarding Rudolfo and Mimi.
Verismo is a type of opera that involves rustic characters and a melodramatic plot.
In some types of opera and operetta, there is spoken dialog between musical numbers to advance the plot. But in "Grand Opera", traditionally every word of what would normally be dialog is sung.
The closest answer to your question is the Auber opera 'The Crown Diamonds' and a very good synopsis can be found on the web site 'AllAboutOpera.com'
Assuming you mean "opera buffa" then the definition would be a comedic opera, as opposed to an "opera seria," meaning "serious opera."
recitative
Just as in the theatrical sense, characterized by its dramatic plot lines.
Verismo is a type of opera that involves rustic characters and a melodramatic plot.
This was a series of concerts.
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It is a style of 19th century opera with rustic characters and a melodramatic plot.
In some types of opera and operetta, there is spoken dialog between musical numbers to advance the plot. But in "Grand Opera", traditionally every word of what would normally be dialog is sung.
The closest answer to your question is the Auber opera 'The Crown Diamonds' and a very good synopsis can be found on the web site 'AllAboutOpera.com'
Assuming you mean "opera buffa" then the definition would be a comedic opera, as opposed to an "opera seria," meaning "serious opera."
It is defined as - a declamatory speech-like singing used esp. in Opera or oratorio for advancing the plot and/or a passage or part of a musical score given in this form.or: a number from an opera that moves the story along
The declamative part of the opera, like the regular dialogue that moves the plot forward
It is a style of 19th century opera with rustic characters and a melodramtic plot.
Opera is the plural form of opus, operis and it mean works or fortifications