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Definition. Divertissement refers to a light and entertaining interlude in a theatrical or musical performance, often showcasing dance and music.
During the 17th and 18th century, the term implied incidental aspects of an entertainment (usually involving singing and dancing) that might be inserted in an opera or ballet or other stage performance.
May 14, 2018 · di·ver·tisse·ment / diˈvərtismənt / • n. a minor entertainment or diversion: as a Sunday divertissement Wittgenstein would play Schubert quartets. ∎ Ballet a short dance within a ballet that displays a dancer's technical skill without advancing the plot or character development.
The same as divertimento, with the additional meaning of an entertainment of dances and songs inserted in an 18th‐cent. stage spectacle or sometimes in a ballet or opera (as in Gounod's Faust or Delibes's Coppélia). The term is also applied to a suite of dances unconnected by a story.
The divertissement in the following act operates on a different principle, one that uses parallel structures to cumulative effect. After the failure of the games honoring Junon, Persée has volunteered to try to kill Méduse.
- Rebecca Harris-Warrick
- 2016
May 23, 2024 · Divertissement is a musical term for a song within an opera or ballet which does not further the plot. It is also a ballet made entirely of such loosely connected dances and an instrumental piece of light music. The term is originally a French word meaning diversion or amusement.
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Divertimento / dɪˌvɜːrtɪˈmɛntoʊ / (Italian: [divertiˈmento]; from the Italian divertire "to amuse") is a musical genre, with most of its examples from the 18th century.
