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Mozart & Songspiel

1. Define 'singspiel':

An opera music drama, where spoken dialogue is intermingled
within the song, they are usually comic or romantic in nature and
usually include magic and fantastic creatures and exaggerated
dramas of good and evil.
Search for Mozart's singspiel operas. 2. Which operas used this style most
prominently?
Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes, Bastien and Bastienne, Zaide, Die
Entfuehrung aus dem Serail, Der Schauspieldirektor, but the magic flute is
the most popular
3. What 20th genre does this compare to? Most often mahoghany
songspiel is

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