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Performers got to rest during the intermezzi between acts, when a ballet or brief comic opera kept the show going.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2014

The popularity of these intermezzi throws a curious light upon the character of Italian audiences at that time.

From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.

With the orchestral works should go two intermezzi for "The Masque of Pandora," finished later than the overture.

From Woman's Work in Music by Elson, Arthur

He became 186 prominent as one of the early composers of intermezzi and he was employed also to write church music for wedding festivals.

From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)

There were no intermezzi at the representation of this lyric drama.

From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)