Teatro Novo
essay by Garção
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discussed in biography
- In Pedro António Correia Garção
The Teatro Novo (1766; “New Theatre”) attacked foreign influences in the theatre, especially Italianate ones, and the Assembléia ou Partida (“Meeting or Parting”) satirized the social life of Lisbon. In the “Cantata de Dido,” included in the latter play, he combined the spirit of classical art…
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