Benedetto Micheli

The origins of the Roman intermezzo (intermezzo romano) can be traced back to the 1730s, when the composer and librettist Benedetto Micheli wrote several two-part intermezzi for the Teatro Valle and other theaters in Rome for performance during the intermissions of spoken plays. The Valle cultivated the intermezzo with particular consistency during the next six decades, presenting works by many distinguished composers, including Sacchini, Paisiello, and Cimarosa. Although several Roman intermezzi have been studied and performed in recent years, the subgenre of comic opera to which they belong has not received much scholarly attention. In this article I will use Sacchini's La contadina in corte as a case study in the characteristics of the Roman intermezzo, its relation to Goldonian dramma giocoso per musica, its rapid international dissemination, and its influence on the evolution of Italian comic opera.

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