It gave birth to an entire Minimalist opera tradition, which shared some of its premises.
And created by people who knew the classical opera tradition.
His first successful operas were lighter works that attempted to reinvent the comic Italian opera tradition for modern times.
The choruses, marches, and ballets were very much like French opera tradition.
He also thought it neglected French opera tradition.
Wales is rightly famed for its classical and opera tradition.
Is this some sort of opera tradition?
Although folk dance is in its title, it has a strong focus on the classical dance and Chinese opera traditions.
It is outside the Italian opera tradition, perhaps.
Sending up opera tradition is a hallmark of Offenbach's opéras-bouffes.