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The term festa teatrale refers to a genre of drama, and of opera in particular. The genre cannot be rigidly defined, and in any case feste teatrali tend to be split into two different sets: feste teatrali divided by acts are operas, while works in this genre performed without division, or merely cut into two parts, are serenatas. A festa teatrale is a dramatic work, performed on stage (unlike many serenatas, which are labelled "drammatico" but were not performed in dramatic contexts). This does not cite any references or sources. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The festa teatrale was always a fairly minor genre, born of courtly entertainments and the celebration of royalty — hence the abbreviated length of most festi teatrale, and the focus on drama, spectacle and chorus, as opposed to elaborate music. The poet and librettist Metastasio applied the term to 9 of his libretti. All but one of these were first performed for the court at Vienna. The last of these was Johann Adolf Hasse's Partenope, performed during 1767. Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, the first of his "reform operas" (also first seen at Vienna), is also often considered part of the genre of festa teatrale. The genre does not seem to have survived after Metastasio, though it had been in existence for over a century — Francesco Cavalli wrote feste teatrali, among many other early composers. Antonio Ghislanzoni, nineteenth century Italian librettist. ... Pietro Trapassi (January 13, 1698 - April 12, 1782), Italian poet, is better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio. ... Johann Adolph Hasse. ... Christoph Willibald Gluck (July 2, 1714 – November 15, 1787) was a German composer. ... Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck. ... Francesco Cavalli (February 14, 1602 â€“ January 14, 1676), Italian composer, was born at Crema. ...

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