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zarzuela
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Baroque ''zarzuela''
- Italian influence
- 19th century
- Romantic ''zarzuela''
- 20th century
- ''Zarzuela'' in Catalonia
- ''Zarzuela'' in Cuba and Mexico
- ''Zarzuela'' in the Philippines
- Recorded ''zarzuela''
- ''Zarzuela'' composers
- Spanish zarzuelas selection (including zarzuela-style operas)
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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'''' () is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but some propose it may derive from the name of a royal hunting lodge, the Palace of Zarzuela, near Madrid, where that type of entertainment was allegedly first presented to the court. The palace in turn was named after the brambles () that grew there.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “zarzuela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.