Singspiel rather than by established companies within metropolitan centers. Mozart wrote several Singspiele: "Bastien und Bastienne" (1768), "Zaide" (1780), "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (1782), "Der Schauspieldirektor" (1786), and finally "Die Zauberflöte" (1791). E. T. A. Hoffmann, who admired him, composed Singspiele, such as "Liebe und Eifersucht" in 1807. In 1927, Kurt Weill created a new word, "Songspiel", to describe his work "Mahagonny-Songspiel". Notes Sources Singspiel A Singspiel (; plural: Singspiele; literally "sing-play") is a form of German-language music drama, now regarded as a genre of opera. It is characterized by spoken dialogue, which is alternated with ensembles, songs, ballads, and
Comic opera Comic opera Comic opera denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending. Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a new operatic genre, "opera buffa", emerged as an alternative to "opera seria". It quickly made its way to France, where it became "opéra bouffon", and eventually, in the following century, French "operetta", with Jacques Offenbach as its most accomplished practitioner. The influence of the Italian and French forms spread to other parts of Europe. Many countries developed their own genres of comic opera, incorporating the Italian