Music and Time Annotation << Back Two Images or the Italian Intermezzo I.P. Susidko, P.V. Lutsker The paper deals with the Italian intermezzo of the first half of the 18th century. There are two distinctly noticeable varieties of the genre, one of them originated in J.-B. Molière’s comedies and the other one – in Italian commedia dell’ arte. They differ each other in relation between music, text and stage action. «Pimpinone» by T. Albinoni (1708), «Don Tabarano e Scintilla» by J. A. Hasse (1728), «Il marito giocatore e la moglie bacchettona» by G. M. Orlandini (1715), «Livietta e Tracollo by G. B. Pergolesi» (1734) are examined in the paper as typical examples of this two varieties. Keywords: intermezzo, Italian opera of the 18th century, varieties of the comic opera. Contacts: E-mail: lspriv@mail.ru Pp. 68-71.