Intermezzo

Intermezzo (. .. Well: intermedium, Intermediate, Intermède: lat / Italian / French, Interlude ') were the names of the end of the 16th century arisen in Italy dance- musical Zwischenaktsunterhaltungen in performances of courtly spectacles and operas - General used to the. expression Intermezzo for an unexpected, comical incident.

Early form of opera buffa

The oldest intermedia were simple madrigals; they were temporarily replaced by instrumental presentations. In the French tradition, the ballet divertissement took the place of the intermezzo.

The scenic interludes were as loosening components between the acts of a tragedy. They hung not initially cooperate with each other, but each treated to another ( mythological ) subject. But gradually evolved from them a more or less jocular second offense. The interludes are, as far as plot and staff, to the genre of comedy, while the main action on the part of the tragedy. Such Intermezzo Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's La serva was padrona ( 1733).

The next step was the secession of these now independent jocular small opera from the reputable major opera, which was the opera buffa. Jean -Jacques Rousseau wrote the Intermède Le Devin du village (1752 ) a model for the modern Opéra comique.

A dance interlude was known mostly Divertissement.

Intermezzo is also the title of an opera by Richard Strauss ( 1924), which refers to the history of opera buffa reference.

Entr'acte

In the Italian opera and drama since the 19th century, the term Intermezzo synonymous with the German interlude or the French Entr'acte and referred to an orchestral link between two files or images.

In the 19th century intermezzo was also used as a term for musical character pieces, for example, by Johannes Brahms, see Intermezzo ( Instrumental ). Such character pieces often served as Entr'acte in the spectacle.

• Part of an opera