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The notion was not so far removed from the origins of the two works, conceived as comic intermezzos to be presented during breaks of larger serious operas.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2017

Mr. Rose was at his most varied and flexible in the Fantasy Pieces, in which his assertive renderings of the outgoing capriccios were offset by graceful, richly detailed playing in the more subtle intermezzos.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2011

Certainly Intermezzo's pacing feels more cinematic than operatic: 13 snappy episodes are divided by orchestral intermezzos – like breaks in a sitcom when the camera scans the city skyline.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2011

Meanwhile, the mournful, enigmatic intermezzos of the composer's later years get tender, loving care.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fairy and demon operas and ballets, and farces and intermezzos, form an easy transition to the interludes of tumblers and jugglers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various