Semiopera
Semiopera, etiam opera dramatica et opera Anglica appellata, fuit oblectamentum Restitutionis Anglicae quod ludos cum excursibus ductis, sicut ludi personati (masques), in quibus dramatis personae cantant et saltant, comprehendit. Inter id plerumque fuerunt machinamenta modo spectaculi Restitutionis. Prima exempla fuerunt accommodationes ludorum Shakesperii, a Thoma Betterton cum musica Matthaei Locke productorum. Locke tum mortuo, altera aetas floruit, quae semioperas Henrici Purcell, insigniter King Arthur et The Fairy-Queen, peperit. Semiopera mortiferum vulnus accepit cum Dominus Cubicularius separatim ludis sine musica et novae operae Italicae separatim potestatem daret.

Personae intra semioperas cantabant, saltabant, loquebantur. Cum maxime fieret musica, ea plerumque puncta in argumento ornabat sub scaenas amoris vel de rebus supernaturalibus.

Observatae sunt nonnullae Petri Calderón de la Barca comoediae cum musica Ioannis Hidalgo de Polanco similiores esse semioperae quam zarzuela, genus pastorale.

Index semioperarum Anglicarum
Macbeth (1673), libellus Gulielmi Davenant ex Shakesperii Macbeth; musica Matthaei Locke
The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island (1674), libellus Thomae Shadwell ex Ioannis Dryden et Gulielmi Davenant accommodatione Shakesperii The Tempest; musica Matthaei Locke, Ioannis Baptistae Draghi, et Pelham Humfrey
Calisto, or The Chaste Nymph (1675), libellus Ioannis Crowne; musica Nathanielis Staggins
Psyche (1675), libellus Thomae Shadwell; musica Matthaei Locke
Circe (1677), libellus Caroli Davenant; musica Ioannis Banister
The Lancashire Witches and Tegue O'Divelly the Irish Priest (1681), libellus Thomae Shadwell; musica Ioannis Eccles
Albion and Albanius (1685), libellus Ioannis Dryden; musica Ludovici Grabu
Dioclesian (1690), libellus Thomae Betterton, ex The Prophetess ludo scaenico Ioannis Fletcher et Philippi Massinger; musica Henrici Purcell
King Arthur (1691), libellus Ioannis Dryden; musica Henrici Purcell
The Fairy Queen (1692), libellus scriptore ignoti ex Shakesperii A Midsummer Night's Dream; musica Henrici Purcell
Macbeth (1695), libellus Gulielmi Davenant, ex Shakesperii Macbeth; musica Ioannis Eccles et Godfrey Finger
The Indian Queen (1695), libellus accommodatus ex ludo scaenico Roberti Howard Equitis et Ioannis Dryden; musica Henrici Purcell
Brutus of Alba (1696), libellus scriptoris ignoti; musica Danielis Purcell
Cinthia and Endimion, or The Loves of the Deities (1696), libellus Thomae Durfey; musica Danielis Purcell, Ricardi Leveridge, Ieremiae Clarke, Henrici Purcell, et David Underwood
The World in the Moon (1697), libellus Elkanah Settle; musica Danielis Purcell, Ieremiae Clarke, et Henrici Purcell
Rinaldo and Armida (1698), libellus Ioannis Dennis; musica Ioannis Eccles
The Island Princess (1699), libellus Petri Motteux, ex ludis scaenicis Ioannis Fletcher et Nahum Tate accommodatus; musica Danielis Purcell, Ricardi Leveridge, et Ieremiae Clarke
The Grove, or Love's Paradise (1700), libellus Ioannis Oldmixon; musica Danielis Purcell
The Mad Lover (1700),, libellus Petri Motteux, ex ludo scaenico Ioannis Fletcher; musica Ioannis Eccles et Danielis Purcell
Alexander the Great (1701), libellus scriptoris ignoti ex The Rival Queens Nathanielis Lee; musica Godfrey Finger et Danielis Purcell
The Virgin Prophetess, or The Fate of Troy (1701), libellus Elkanah Settle; musica Godfrey Finger
The British Enchanters, or No Magic Like Love (1706), libellus Georgii Granville, Domini Lansdowne; musica Ioannis Eccles, Bartholomaei Issack, et Gulielmi Corbett
Wonders in the Sun, or The Kingdom of the Birds (1706), libellus Thomae Durfey; musica Ioannis Smith, Samuelis Akeroyde, Ioannis Eccles, Ioannis Baptistae Draghi, Ioannis Baptistae Lully, et Thomae Durfey
The Tempest (1712), libellus Thomae Shadwell, ex libello converso Dryden-Davenant ludi Shakesperii accommodato (1674); musica fortasse Ioannis Weldon (diu Henrico Purcell tributa)

Notae

Bibliographia
Gilman, Todd S. 2008. [Certum capitulum.] In A Companion to Restoration Drama, ed. Susan J. Owen. Blackwell.
Warrack, John, et Ewan West. 1992. The Oxford Dictionary of Opera. ISBN 0-19-869164-5.

Genera operarum
Terminologia operatica