Komidyllio

The Komidyllio ( Greek κωμειδύλλιο , suitcase word from komodia κωμωδία 'comedy' and idyllio ειδύλλιο 'idyll, romance') is a Greek form of the Singspiel that originated in the late 19th century.

The real creator of the genre is the poet Dimitrios Koromilas (1850-98), who in 1889 brought out the three-act comedy I tychi tis Maroulas (Η τύχη της Μαρούλας 'Maroulas Glück') with songs by D. Kambouroglou at the Athens Theater Omonia . This work is still extremely successful in the repertoire of Greek actors and was also the basis of the first Greek feature film in 1912. Another successful work was I sfoungarades (Οι σφουγγαράδες 'The Sponge Fishers') by Nikolaos Kotselopoulos in 1894 . Other poets who wrote Komidyllia were K. Xenos, Nikos Zanos and Spyridon Persidiadis.

A large number of the Komidyllia consisted of foreign-language swans, translated into a popular Dimotiki , based on the model of the Parisian Vaudeville , for which simple, folksong-like songs were composed. The main composers of the genre were Iosif Kesaris (1845–1923), Dimitrios Kokkos (1856–91) and Loudovikos Spinellis (1871 / 72–1904), who saw the Komidyllio as an important step towards a national classical music tradition in Greece. Towards the end of the century, Greek operettas with a larger musical dimension were created , which became very popular at the beginning of the 20th century and led to the establishment of the first Greek operetta company in 1908.

literature

• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, London 2001, ISBN 0-333-60800-3

Web links

• Fernando Buscemi: Il Komeidyllio (ital.)
• Νεοελληνικό Θέατρο , article at livepedia.gr (Greek)