- Farsa
Farsa (English "farce", plural "farse") is a genre of
opera , associated withVenice in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is also sometimes called "farsetta".Farse were normally one-act operas, sometimes performed together with short ballets. Many of the recorded productions were at the
Teatro San Moisè in Venice, often during Carnival. Musically they may have derived from the two-actdramma giocoso , although there were other influences, including the French "comédie mêlée d'ariettes ".Few of the original 18th-century farse are now performed.
Rossini , however, wrote five examples: "La cambiale di matrimonio " (1810), "L'inganno felice " (1812), "La scala di seta " (1812), "Il Signor Bruschino " (1813), and "Adina" (1818). In addition, his "L'occasione fa il ladro " (1812), though called a "Burletta per musica", is a farsa in all but name.ources
"Farsa" by David Bryant, in 'The
New Grove Dictionary of Opera ', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7ee also
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