From Opera Buffa to American musical : "The Merry Widow" and Rogers & Hammerstein

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  • オペラ・ブッファからアメリカ的ミュージカルへ　－『メリー・ウィドウ』とロジャースとハマースタイン2 世－
  • オペラ　ブッファ　カラ　アメリカ　テキ　ミュージカル　エ　メリー　ウィドウ　ト ロジャース　ト　ハマースタイン　ニセイ

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The United States was founded in the 18th century and as a “new country” there had hardly been any evidence of unique “American music culture” until the beginning of the 20th century. To make the country not only politically but also culturally “big power,” nurturing America’s own music culture became an urgent task for the nation. The turning point came when Lehar’s operetta, “The Merry Widow” was introduced to America in 1906 and it achieved a huge success. Cashing in on its popularity, Director Ernst Lubitsch made it into a movie in 1934 and that was more or less how the Americanization of the European operetta began. This paper traces the history of comedy opera from the Italian opera buffa（in the first half of the 18th century）to the Viennese operetta（from the second half of the 19th to the beginning of the 20 century）, then to the birth of the American musical（Mid-20th century）, and also examines the challenges that face the American musical.

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