Opera
Opera（1871）Tales of Old Japan, Macmillan, London [EN]
- 83And there is a kind of classical opera, called No, which is performed on stages specially built for the purpose in the palaces of the principal nobles.
- 238Under his patronage Chinese learning took root in Ashikaga University; the religious plays, or No, acquired in the hands of Kiyotsugu their claims to rank as aristocratic opera; the war of chrysanthemums, between rival dynasties in Yamato and Kyoto, was composed by an astute compromise.
- 1193Alcuni anni fa, giungeva a Jocohama una compagnia d’opera italiana, formata anche da artisti abbastanza buoni.
- 13Indeed, the whole play can be more fairly compared with opera than with anything else on our stage, though the “singing” is very different from ours.
- 21For the Nō is like our won opera in this, that unless one is well acquainted with the words of the piece they are apt to be lost here and there.
- xxThe chanting, which has hitherto resembled the intoning of a Roman Catholic priest, takes on more of the character of “recitativo” in opera, occasionally attaining to actual song.
- xxi(2) Dengaku, at first rustic exhibition of acrobatics and jugglery; later, a kind of opera in which performers alternately danced and recited.
- 45Is it drama or poetry, or opera or dance? It is a union of all these, a combination of dancing, singing, and poetry.
- ixThe No performance is somewhat the equivalent of opera though it avoids the artistic defect of this form of entertainment, the attempt to combme first-class singing with acting of the same grade and at the same time fitness for the part.
- 130but no piece of the Nō opera much exceeds forty minutes in performance.