31:. It refers to operas which were specifically composed to be performed on the radio and is not to be confused with broadcasts of operas which were originally written for the stage. Radio operas were generally shorter than staged operas and some occupied less than fifteen minutes. Plots were usually more straightforward than those of stage operas.
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137:List of television operas
333:Comédie mêlée d'ariettes
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319:Comédie en vaudevilles
62:Christkinds Erdenreise
625:Science fiction opera
612:Schauspiel mit Gesang
177:, 20 March 1925, p. 6
132:List of radio operas
685:Tragédie en musique
379:Fairy-tale opera /
300:Bühnenweihfestspiel
576:Pastorale héroïque
742:Opera terminology
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368:Dramma per musica
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550:Opera seria
501:Opera buffa
487:Opera ballo
449:Liederspiel
423:Grand opera
381:Märchenoper
37:The Red Pen
17:Radio opera
736:Categories
706:Zauberoper
630:Semi-opera
473:Musikdrama
462:Melodramma
443:Intermezzo
259:Afterpiece
185:References
97:Zimmermann
25:Radiooper'
19:(German: '
678:Tonadilla
671:Syngespil
664:Spieloper
657:Songspiel
650:Singspiel
619:Schuloper
569:Pasticcio
467:Monodrama
437:Intermède
174:The Times
105:Rasmussen
70:Malpopita
21:Funkoper'
713:Zeitoper
699:Zarzuela
643:Serenata
636:Sepolcro
562:Opérette
556:Operetta
430:Handlung
374:Duodrama
307:Burletta
126:See also
116:Amy Kohn
109:Estonian
85:Pizzetti
46:libretto
692:Verismo
101:Maderna
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480:Opéra
395:Farsa
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