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Opera
(3,186 words)

[German version]

A. Early Period - General Characteristics (CT)

Any attempt to trace the heritage of ancient drama in modern opera must focus less on the continuation of ancient genres in the post-medieval world than on a series of changing ideas and projections that have accomp…

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Meier, Mischa (Bielefeld), “Opera”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1509900>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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