Semiopera

Semiopera, etiam opera dramatica et opera Anglica appellata, fuit oblectamentum Restitutionis Anglicae quod ludos cum excursibus ductis, sicut ludi personati (masques), in quibus dramatis personae cantant et saltant, comprehendit. Inter id plerumque fuerunt machinamenta modo spectaculi Restitutionis. Prima exempla fuerunt accommodationes ludorum Shakesperii, a Thoma Betterton cum musica Matthaei Locke productorum. Locke tum mortuo, altera aetas floruit, quae semioperas Henrici Purcell, insigniter King Arthur et The Fairy-Queen, peperit. Semiopera mortiferum vulnus accepit cum Dominus Cubicularius separatim ludis sine musica et novae operae Italicae separatim potestatem daret.

Personae intra semioperas cantabant, saltabant, loquebantur. Cum maxime fieret musica, ea plerumque puncta in argumento ornabat sub scaenas amoris vel de rebus supernaturalibus.

Observatae sunt nonnullae Petri Calderón de la Barca comoediae cum musica Ioannis Hidalgo de Polanco similiores esse semioperae quam zarzuela, genus pastorale.

Index semioperarum Anglicarum

• Macbeth (1673), libellus Gulielmi Davenant ex Shakesperii Macbeth; musica Matthaei Locke
• The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island (1674), libellus Thomae Shadwell ex Ioannis Drydenii et Gulielmi Davenant accommodatione Shakesperii The Tempest; musica Matthaei Locke, Ioannis Baptistae Draghi, et Pelham Humfrey
• Calisto, or The Chaste Nymph (1675), libellus Ioannis Crowne; musica Nathanielis Staggins
• Psyche (1675), libellus Thomae Shadwell; musica Matthaei Locke
• Circe (1677), libellus Caroli Davenant; musica Ioannis Banister
• The Lancashire Witches and Tegue O'Divelly the Irish Priest (1681), libellus Thomae Shadwell; musica Ioannis Eccles
• Albion and Albanius (1685), libellus Ioannis Drydenii; musica Ludovici Grabu
• Dioclesian (1690), libellus Thomae Betterton, ex The Prophetess ludo scaenico Ioannis Fletcher et Philippi Massinger; musica Henrici Purcell
• King Arthur (1691), libellus Ioannis Drydenii; musica Henrici Purcell
• The Fairy Queen (1692), libellus scriptore ignoti ex Shakesperii A Midsummer Night's Dream; musica Henrici Purcell
• Macbeth (1695), libellus Gulielmi Davenant, ex Shakesperii Macbeth; musica Ioannis Eccles et Godfrey Finger
• The Indian Queen (1695), libellus accommodatus ex ludo scaenico Roberti Howard Equitis et Ioannis Drydenii; musica Henrici Purcell
• Brutus of Alba (1696), libellus scriptoris ignoti; musica Danielis Purcell
• Cinthia and Endimion, or The Loves of the Deities (1696), libellus Thomae Durfey; musica Danielis Purcell, Ricardi Leveridge, Ieremiae Clarke, Henrici Purcell, et David Underwood
• The World in the Moon (1697), libellus Elkanah Settle; musica Danielis Purcell, Ieremiae Clarke, et Henrici Purcell
• Rinaldo and Armida (1698), libellus Ioannis Dennis; musica Ioannis Eccles
• The Island Princess (1699), libellus Petri Motteux, ex ludis scaenicis Ioannis Fletcher et Nahum Tate accommodatus; musica Danielis Purcell, Ricardi Leveridge, et Ieremiae Clarke
• The Grove, or Love's Paradise (1700), libellus Ioannis Oldmixon; musica Danielis Purcell
• The Mad Lover (1700),, libellus Petri Motteux, ex ludo scaenico Ioannis Fletcher; musica Ioannis Eccles et Danielis Purcell
• Alexander the Great (1701), libellus scriptoris ignoti ex The Rival Queens Nathanielis Lee; musica Godfrey Finger et Danielis Purcell
• The Virgin Prophetess, or The Fate of Troy (1701), libellus Elkanah Settle; musica Godfrey Finger
• The British Enchanters, or No Magic Like Love (1706), libellus Georgii Granville, Domini Lansdowne; musica Ioannis Eccles, Bartholomaei Issack, et Gulielmi Corbett
• Wonders in the Sun, or The Kingdom of the Birds (1706), libellus Thomae Durfey; musica Ioannis Smith, Samuelis Akeroyde, Ioannis Eccles, Ioannis Baptistae Draghi, Ioannis Baptistae Lully, et Thomae Durfey
• The Tempest (1712), libellus Thomae Shadwell, ex libello converso Drydenoi-Davenant ludi Shakesperii accommodato (1674); musica fortasse Ioannis Weldon (diu Henrico Purcell tributa)

Bibliographia

• Gilman, Todd S. 2008. [Certum capitulum.] In A Companion to Restoration Drama, ed. Susan J. Owen. Blackwell.
• Warrack, John, et Ewan West. 1992. The Oxford Dictionary of Opera. ISBN 0-19-869164-5.