Summary This volume addresses the complex variety of stage works with sung and spoken sections, such as vaudeville , singspiel , op ra-comique , zarzuela or operetta in different European countries from the eighteenth century to the beginning of the Twenties. Beyond a multifaceted perspective, twenty-one essays investigate the nature of these musical theatre forms, attending their origins, literary sources, relationships, vocality or cultural transfers, features that in some cases have made them become a mass phenomenon. The dissemination and adaptation of these genres through different national contexts, confirms the significance of the long-standing relationship between them and the contemporary dramatical and musical repertoire, revealing significant synergies, always conditioned by the market evolution. TABLE OF CONTENTS Mar a Encina Cortizo - Michela Niccolai Preface VAUDEVILLE and OP RA-COMIQUE Danielle L. Herrington Sensibilit , Self-Sacrifice, and the Sentimental: Examining Jacques-Marie Boutet de Monvel and Nicolas Dalayrac's Ideological Diversion Philippe et Georgette (1791) at the Salle Favart Bertrand Porot Un petit r citatif sans accompagnement : les vaudevilles l'op ra-comique, nouvelles perspectives Roberto Scoccimarro L'op ra-comique come creazione collettiva: La Prisonni re (1799),Bayard M zi res (1814), La Marquise de Brinvilliers (1831) William Osmond En Hollandais, s'il vous pla t! : Singing and Reciting French com die-vaudeville in Amsterdam (1830s) SINGSPIEL and Operetta Andrea Horz Johann Adam Hiller's Lottchen am Hofe: Contextualising Singspiel in French Traditions Marijana Kokanovic Markovic - Lada Durakovic The Place and Significance of the Opera Kuku?ka (Tatjana) in Franz Leh r's Opus Angeliki Kordellou The Contribution of Spiridon-Filiskos Samaras (1861-1917) to the Greek Operetta ZARZUELA and Vocality in Spain Luis Antonio Gonz lez Mar n Actrices o cantantes? Aspectos de la vocalidad en el teatro musical de Jos de Nebra Mar a Encina Cortizo The Spanish zarzuela in the 19th Century: French Patterns, Italian Harmonies and Theatrical Hispanic Tradition Ram n Sobrino The Emergence of the revista de actualidades and the sainete l rico: Main Patterns of the g nero chico in the teatro por horas in Spain (1868-1901) Andrea Garc a Torres Discursos literarios sobre el g nero chico: funcionamiento, recepci n y controversias ideol gicas entre el contexto local e internacional Zoila Mart nez Beltr n The Music of Spain (1918) by Carl Van Vechten.Focusing on Spanish Coloratura Singers Portuguese Musical Theatre Catarina Ribeiro Braga The Role of Amateur Societies in the Dissemination of Operetta and Music Theatre in Portugal in the Late Nineteenth Century David Cranmer Musical Theatre in Portugal and Brazil of the Ancien r gime Questions of Genre Jana Frankov From a Comedy to an op ra-comique: The Clandestine Marriage (1766) by Colman and Garrick and Its Adaptations in the 18th-Century Musical Theatre Adela Presas Zarzuela y opereta: formatos dram tico-musicales en un acto en la frontera cr tica del siglo xviii al xix Trevor Penoyer-Kulin Op rette, op ra-comique, and the Field of Operatic Production Francesc Cort s De Barcelona al Parnaso: traducciones y adaptaciones de peras bufas y operetas francesas en Barcelona V ctor S nchez S nchez La zarzuela en las compa as de opereta italiana Jos Ignacio Su rez Garc a Parodias espa olas sobre Tannha ser (1890) Sylvie Douche L'entre-deux d clamatoire ou le m lodrame fran ais du xixe si cle Abstracts and Biographies Index of Names