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ballad opera

Summary

ballad opera is an opera genre[1]. It draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (opera_genre category, ranking #29 of 77).[2]

Key Facts

  • ballad opera's instance of is recorded as opera genre[3].
  • ballad opera is a type of musical theater[4].
  • ballad opera is a type of opera[5].
  • 1728 marks the founding of ballad opera[6].
  • ballad opera began on 1800[7].
  • ballad opera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ballad operas[8].
  • ballad opera's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[9].

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Definition and Type

ballad opera's instance of is recorded as opera genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include musical theater[4] and opera[5].

Origins

1728 marks the founding of ballad opera[6].

Why It Matters

ballad opera draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (opera_genre category, ranking #29 of 77).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Inception → +1728-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Start time → +1800-00-00T00:00:00Z
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