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    Commedia dell'arte (/kɒˈmeɪdiə dɛlˈɑːrteɪ, kə-, -ˈmɛdiə, -ˈɑːrtiː/ kom-AY-dee-ə del-AR-tay, kəm-, -⁠ED-ee-ə, -⁠AR-tee, Italian: [komˈmɛːdja delˈlarte];...
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  • commedia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Commedia may refer to: Divine Comedy, a 1321 epic poem by Dante Alighieri, sometimes called the Commedia...
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    The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia [diˈviːna komˈmɛːdja]) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed around...
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    characters found in commedia dell'arte. With his exceptional greed and status at the top of the social order, Pantalone is "money" in the commedia world. His full...
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    The commedia sexy all'italiana (pronounced [komˈmɛːdja ˈsɛksi allitaˈljaːna], lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as commedia scollacciata ("low-cut...
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    "little dove"; French and English: Colombine) is a stock character in the commedia dell'arte. She is Harlequin's mistress, a comic servant playing the tricky...
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    lit. 'lovers') were stock characters within the theatre style known as commedia dell'arte, who appeared in 16th-century Italy. In the plays, everything...
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    Commedia all'italiana (pronounced [komˈmɛːdja allitaˈljaːna]; pl.: commedie all'italiana, "comedy in the Italian way"), or Italian-style comedy, is an...
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    Harlequin (category Commedia dell'arte male characters)
    the best-known of the comic servant characters (Zanni) from the Italian commedia dell'arte, associated with the city of Bergamo. The role is traditionally...
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  • Commedia is a 2023 Italian-English romantic drama film written and directed by Riccardo Vannunccini, stars Greta Bellamacina as the main lead alongside...
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    Each character in commedia dell'arte is distinctly different, and defined by their movement, actions, masks, and costumes. These costumes show their social...
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    Isabella is a stock character used in commedia dell'arte, in the class of innamorata (female lover). In the commedia dell'arte, the relationship of the innamorati...
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  • Commedia dell'arte masks are a type of mask worn by performers of commedia dell'arte. Masks are an integral part of the performance, and each character...
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    Tartaglia (Italian for 'Stutterer') is a dainty character in the commedia dell'arte. He is farsighted and with a minor stutter (hence his name; cf. Spanish...
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  • Commedia erudita are Italian comedies written for the enjoyment of scholars in the sixteenth century. They were meant to mimic and emulate the works of...
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    [pultʃiˈnɛlla]; Neapolitan: Pulecenella) is a classical character that originated in commedia dell'arte of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan...
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    Zanni (category Commedia dell'arte characters)
    Zanni (Italian: [ˈdzanni]), Zani or Zane is a character type of commedia dell'arte best known as an astute servant and a trickster. The Zanni comes from...
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    2020 – Vita Vera Mixtape 2020 – Vita Vera Mixtape – Aspettando La Divina Commedia 2017 – Amici miei 2020 – "Manhattan" (single from Vita Vera Mixtape) "Cosa...
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  • Giandoja, Piedmontese: [dʒaŋˈdʊja]) is one of the masks of the Italian commedia dell'arte, typically representing the town of Turin (and Piedmont in general)...
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    performers, only a small minority of them were given speaking parts. The commedia dell'arte of Italy, however, allowed professional women to perform early...
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  • Il Dottore (category Commedia dell'arte characters)
    Balanzone (Italian: [balanˈtsoːne]; Bolognese Emilian: Dutåur Balanzån), is a commedia dell'arte stock character, in one scenario being an obstacle to young lovers...
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    the word came into modern usage through the Latin comoedia and Italian commedia and has, over time, passed through various shades of meaning. The Greeks...
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    La Commedia is an opera in five parts composed by Louis Andriessen. A retelling of Dante's Divine Comedy, the multi-language libretto was constructed by...
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    texts in the vernacular. The Commedia dell'arte (17th century) was, at first, an exclusively Italian phenomenon. Commedia dell'arte spread throughout Europe...
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    Brighèla) is a comic, masked character from the Italian theatre style commedia dell'arte. His early costume consisted of loosely fitting, white smock...
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    lit. 'little skirmisher') is a stock clown character of the 16th-century commedia dell'arte (comic theatrical arts of Italian literature). The role combined...
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    Pagliacci (category Commedia dell'arte)
    Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who murders his wife Nedda and her lover...
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    alternative forms in the West between the 15th and 19th centuries, including commedia dell'arte from Italian theatre, and melodrama. The general trend was away...
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  • one' or simply 'old') is a category of aged, male characters from Italian commedia dell'arte theatre. The primary members of this group are Pantalone, Il...
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    century, specific troupes of commedia performers began to coalesce, and by 1568 the Gelosi became a distinct company. Commedia often performed inside in...
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