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l\'opera sentimentale

English translation: opera sentimentale

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Italian term or phrase:l\\\'opera sentimentale
English translation:opera sentimentale
Entered by: Lara Barnett

20:25 Mar 27, 2018
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Music
Italian term or phrase: l\'opera sentimentale
In a list of subjects studied under a music history and aesthetics course.

"17. L'opera napoletana - Alessandro Scarlatti - l'opera Buffa e l'opera sentimentale."

Is this implying "Romantic opera"? Or is it literally just saying "sentimental"?
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:18
opera sentimentale
Explanation:
As with opera buffa (and Lycée des Métiers Gustave Eiffel de Reims!), you should leave it unchanged. Neither term translates easily.
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philgoddard
United States
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4 +2opera sentimentale
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
opera sentimentale


Explanation:
As with opera buffa (and Lycée des Métiers Gustave Eiffel de Reims!), you should leave it unchanged. Neither term translates easily.

philgoddard
United States
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 43

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agree  writeaway: http://www.consbo.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagi...
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agree  Ian Mansbridge
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1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: fwiw, out of interest

Reference information:
l’opera sentimentale rappresenta un consapevole tentativo da parte di librettisti e compositori di fornire un analogo operistico ai recenti generi del romanzo sentimentale e del dramma borghese.
Abstract Castelvecchi.doc - Associazione Sigismondo Malatesta
www.sigismondomalatesta.it/dld/files/.../Abstract Castelvec...

Nella seconda metà del Settecento, un terzo genere emerge nell'opera italiana accanto a quelli consolidati (opera buffa e opera seria): l'opera sentimentale rappresenta un consapevole tentativo da parte di librettisti e compositori di fornire un analogo operistico ai recenti generi del romanzo sentimentale e del dramma ...

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