genre l'equivoco stravagante
An ___MASK100___ house is a theatre building used for ___MASK100___ performances that consists of a stage , an ___MASK74___ pit , audience seating , and backstage facilities for costumes and set building . While some venues are constructed specifically for operas , other ___MASK100___ houses are part of larger performing arts centers . Recitative ( also known by its Italian name " recitativo ") is a style of delivery ( much used in operas , oratorios , and cantatas ) in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms of ordinary speech . Recitative does not repeat lines as formally composed songs do . It resembles sung ordinary speech more than a formal ___MASK81___ composition . ___MASK100___ ( English plural : " operas "; Italian plural : " opere " ) is an ___MASK70___ form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text ( libretto ) and ___MASK81___ score , usually in a theatrical setting . In traditional opera , singers do two types of singing : recitative , a speech - inflected style and arias , a more melodic style . ___MASK100___ incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre , such as acting , scenery , and costumes and sometimes includes dance . The performance is typically given in an opera house , accompanied by an orchestra or smaller ___MASK81___ ensemble , which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor . ___MASK17___ is a performance ___MASK70___ form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement . This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value , and is acknowledged as dance by performers and observers within a particular culture . ___MASK17___ can be categorized and described by its choreography , by its repertoire of movements , or by its historical period or place of origin . Theatre or ___MASK16___ is a collaborative form of fine ___MASK70___ that uses live performers , typically actors or actresses , to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place , often a stage . The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture , speech , ___MASK80___ , music , and dance . Elements of ___MASK70___ , such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality , presence and immediacy of the experience . The specific place of the performance is also named by the word " theatre " as derived from the Ancient Greek  ( théatron , " a place for viewing "), itself from  ( theáomai , " to see ", " to watch ", " to observe "). Costume is the distinctive style of dress of an individual or group that reflects their class , ___MASK43___ , profession , ethnicity , nationality , activity or epoch . ___MASK22___ is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments  traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room . Most broadly , it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers , with one performer to a part ( in contrast to orchestral music , in which each string part is played by a number of performers ). However , by convention , it usually does not include solo instrument performances . ( Franz ) Joseph Haydn ( 31 ___MASK19___ 173231 May 1809 ) was a prolific Austrian composer of the ___MASK50___ . He was instrumental in the development of ___MASK22___ such as the piano trio and his contributions to ___MASK81___ form have earned him the epithets " Father of the ___MASK60___ " and " Father of the String Quartet ". An aria ( plural : " arie " , or " arias " in common usage , diminutive form arietta or ariette ) in ___MASK67___ was originally any expressive melody , usually , but not always , performed by a singer . The term became used almost exclusively to describe a self - contained piece for one voice , with or without orchestral accompaniment , normally part of a larger work . The typical context for arias is ___MASK100___ , but vocal arias also feature in oratorios and cantatas , sharing features of the operatic arias of their periods . ___MASK87___ is a genre of light opera , " light " in terms both of music and subject matter . Niccolò Piccinni ( 16 January 1728  7 May 1800 ) was an Italian composer of symphonies , sacred ___MASK67___ , ___MASK22___ , and opera . Although he is somewhat obscure today , Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera  particularly the Neapolitan ___MASK1___  of his day . A ___MASK81___ ensemble , also known as a music group or ___MASK81___ group , is a group of people who perform instrumental and / or ___MASK72___ , with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name . Some music ensembles consist solely of instruments , such as the jazz quartet or the orchestra . Some music ensembles consist solely of singers , such as choirs and doo wop groups . In both popular music and classical music , there are ensembles in which both instrumentalists and singers perform , such as the rock band or the Baroque chamber group for basso continuo ( harpsichord and cello ) and one or more singers . In classical music , trios or quartets either blend the sounds of ___MASK81___ instrument families ( such as piano , strings , and wind instruments ) or group together instruments from the same instrument family , such as string ensembles ( e . g ., string quartet ) or wind ensembles ( e . g ., wind quintet ). Some ensembles blend the sounds of a variety of instrument families , such as the orchestra , which uses a string section , brass instruments , woodwinds and percussion instruments , or the concert band , which uses brass , woodwinds and percussion . A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or ___MASK2___ with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past . Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes ( like lawyers ' wigs or military officers ' spurs ), but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings . Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of years  the word " tradition " itself derives from the Latin " tradere " or " traderer " literally meaning to transmit , to hand over , to give for safekeeping . While it is commonly assumed that traditions have ancient history , many traditions have been invented on purpose , whether that be political or cultural , over short periods of time . Various academic disciplines also use the word in a variety of ways . ___MASK52___ is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia . It has since become a widespread , highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology . It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres . Becoming a ___MASK52___ dancer requires years of training . ___MASK52___ has been taught in various schools around the world , which have historically incorporated their own cultures to evolve the art . A Requiem or Requiem ___MASK42___ , also known as ___MASK42___ for the dead ( Latin : " Missa pro defunctis ") or ___MASK42___ of the dead ( Latin : " Missa defunctorum "), is a ___MASK42___ in the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons , using a particular form of the Roman Missal . It is frequently , but not necessarily , celebrated in the context of a funeral . A ___MASK79___ ( literally " sung ", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb " cantare ", " to sing ") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment , typically in several movements , often involving a choir . A musician ( or instrumentalist ) is a person who plays a ___MASK81___ instrument or is musically talented . Anyone who composes , conducts , or performs music may also be referred to as a musician . ___MASK34___ ( Italian , literally : ___MASK14___ with jokes ; plural : " drammi giocosi ") is a genre of opera common in the mid - 18th century . The term is a contraction of " dramma giocoso per musica " and describes the opera ' s libretto ( text ). The genre developed in the Neapolitan opera tradition , mainly through the work of the playwright Carlo Goldoni in Venice . A " dramma giocoso " characteristically used a grand " buffo " ( comic or farce ) scene as a dramatic climax at the end of an act . Goldoni ' s texts always consisted of two long acts with extended finales , followed by a short third act . Composers Baldassare Galuppi , Niccolò Piccinni , and Joseph Haydn set Goldoni ' s texts to music . An ___MASK37___ is a large ___MASK81___ composition for orchestra , choir , and soloists . Like an opera , an ___MASK37___ includes the use of a choir , soloists , an ensemble , various distinguishable characters , and arias . However , opera is ___MASK81___ theatre , while ___MASK37___ is strictly a concert piece  though oratorios are sometimes staged as operas , and operas are sometimes presented in concert form . In an ___MASK37___ there is generally little or no interaction between the characters , and no props or elaborate costumes . A particularly important difference is in the typical subject matter of the text . Opera tends to deal with history and mythology , including age - old devices of romance , deception , and murder , whereas the plot of an ___MASK37___ often deals with sacred topics , making it appropriate for performance in the church . Protestant composers took their stories from the Bible , while Catholic composers looked to the lives of saints , as well as to Biblical topics . Oratorios became extremely popular in early 17th - century Italy partly because of the success of opera and the Catholic Church ' s prohibition of spectacles during Lent . Oratorios became the main choice of music during that period for opera audiences . The piano is an acoustic , stringed ___MASK81___ instrument , in which the strings are struck by hammers . It is played using a keyboard , which is a row of keys ( small levers ) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings . Invented in about 1700 ( the exact year is uncertain ), the piano is widely employed in classical , jazz , traditional and popular music for solo and ensemble performances , accompaniment , and for composing , songwriting and rehearsals . Although the piano is very heavy and thus not portable and is expensive ( in comparison with other widely used accompaniment instruments , such as the acoustic guitar ), its ___MASK81___ versatility ( i . e ., its wide pitch range , ability to ___MASK44___ chords with up to 10 notes , louder or softer notes and two or more independent ___MASK81___ lines at the same time ), the large number of musicians and amateurs trained in playing it , and its wide availability in performance venues , schools and rehearsal spaces have made it one of the Western world ' s most familiar ___MASK81___ instruments . L ' equivoco stravagante ( Italian pronunciation : ( lekwivoko stravaante ) ; The Curious Misunderstanding ) is an operatic ___MASK34___ in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Gasbarri . It was Rossini ' s first attempt at writing a full two - act opera . A ___MASK49___ is the text used in , or intended for , an extended ___MASK81___ work such as an opera , operetta , masque , oratorio , ___MASK79___ or ___MASK81___ . The term " ___MASK49___ " is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works , such as the Mass , requiem and sacred ___MASK79___ , or the story line of a ___MASK52___ . Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a character  in theatre , ___MASK58___ , film , ___MASK54___ , or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode . ___MASK14___ is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance . The term comes from a Greek word meaning " action " ( Classical Greek : , " ___MASK14___ "), which is derived from " to do " ( Classical Greek : , " drao "). The two masks associated with ___MASK14___ represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy . They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses , Thalia , and Melpomene . Thalia was the Muse of comedy ( the laughing face ), while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy ( the weeping face ). Considered as a genre of poetry in general , the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle ' s " Poetics " ( c . 335 BCE ) the earliest work of dramatic theory . The masque was a form of festive courtly ___MASK7___ that flourished in 16th - and early 17th - century Europe , though it was developed earlier in Italy , in forms including the intermedio ( a public version of the masque was the pageant ). A masque involved music and dancing , singing and acting , within an elaborate stage ___MASK84___ , in which the architectural framing and costumes might be designed by a renowned architect , to present a deferential ___MASK55___ flattering to the patron . Professional actors and musicians were hired for the speaking and singing parts . Often the masquers , who did not speak or sing , were courtiers : the English queen Anne of Denmark frequently danced with her ladies in masques between 1603 and 1611 , and Henry VIII and Charles I of England performed in the masques at their courts . In the tradition of masque , Louis XIV of France danced in ballets at Versailles with music by Jean - Baptiste Lully . An ___MASK74___ is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music , which features string instruments such as violin , viola , cello and double bass , as well as brass , woodwinds , and percussion instruments , grouped in sections . Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes appear in a fifth keyboard section or may stand alone , as may the concert harp and , for performances of some modern compositions , electronic instruments . Gioachino Antonio Rossini ( 29 February 179213 November 1868 ) was an Italian composer who wrote operas , as well as some sacred ___MASK67___ , songs , ___MASK22___ and piano pieces . A composer ( Latin " compn "; literally " one who puts together ") is a person who creates or writes ___MASK67___ , which can be ___MASK72___ ( for a singer or choir ), instrumental ___MASK67___ ( e . g ., for solo piano , string quartet , wind quintet or orchestra ) or ___MASK67___ which combines both instruments and voices ( e . g ., opera or art song , which is a singer accompanied by a pianist ). The core meaning of the term refers to individuals who have contributed to the tradition of Western classical ___MASK67___ through creation of works expressed in written musical notation ( e . g ., sheet ___MASK67___ scores ).