Isingeniso |

I-Greek prologos - isingeniso, isandulela, kusukela ku-pro - ngaphambi nama-logos - igama, inkulumo

Isigcawu sokuqala sokudlala (idrama, i-opera, i-ballet). Kwesinye isiGreki. idrama. t-re in P. inganekwane ewumsuka womsebenzi yachazwa, noma yatshelwa ngezehlakalo ezandulela ukuqala komdlalo. Esontweni. Wed-century. Idrama kaP. yayinomlingisi wentshumayelo noma umthandazo. Ngekhulu le-17-18. pl. ama-opera aqala ngendlela engokomfanekiso. P. (“Alcesta, or the Triumph of Alcides” by Lully, “Orpheus” and “Coronation of Poppea” by Monteverdi, etc.). P. naz. futhi ingumfanekiso. ukusebenza, i-to-rym yaqala imigubho. ukusebenza (isibonelo, uP. ekuvulweni kweBolshoy T-ra eMoscow - "Umkhosi WamaMuses" kaDmitriev ngomculo ka-Alyabyev noVerstovsky, 1825). Kuma-opera nama-ballet ekhulu le-19. P. wayevame ukuchaza izehlakalo ezandulele enkulu. isenzo (isibonelo, kuma-operas u-Boris Godunov, i-Snow Maiden, i-Faust, ku-ballet The Sleeping Beauty). Ngezinye izikhathi u-P. uzimele. umkhiqizo. (i-opera enesenzo esisodwa I-Boyar Vera Sheloga ka-Rimsky-Korsakov – P. ye-opera yakhe ethi The Maid of Pskov) iyi-monoscene (inkundla yomlingisi oyedwa - uP. ku-opera Pagliacci).