singspiel

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More a singspiel, with arias interspersed by spoken monologue, "Dissonance" found the three characters hardly interacting so much as remaining isolated figures addressing the audience in monologues or arias.

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  1. noun An 18th-century German musical comedy featuring songs and ensembles interspersed with dialogue.

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  • More a singspiel, with arias interspersed by spoken monologue, "Dissonance" found the three characters hardly interacting so much as remaining isolated figures addressing the audience in monologues or arias. —  Austin360 - XL Headlines
  • This week we continue with Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, a singspiel that reflects a crude vision of Islamic Turkey that fares poorly under the principles of the European Enlightment. —  Opera Today
  • Native dramatic tastes, once fostered by minnesingers and strolling players, were kept alive by the "singspiel," or song-play, composed of spoken dialogue and popular song, which furnished the actual beginnings of German national music drama. —  For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music
  • Please prove you're human (needed to reduce spam): may be it is a singspiel of bertold brecht? who knows —  Daily Serving
  • I'm sure Mozart himself would have enjoyed a good laugh at Opera Atelier's hyper, zany and pretty production of his singspiel —  Top Stories - Google News
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  1. German : singen, to sing (from Middle High German, from Old High German singan; see sengwh- in Indo-European roots) + Spiel, play; see spiel.

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  1. German, from singen, sing, + spiel, play: see sing and spell.
 

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/ˈsɪŋspil/
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