Pastorale features in the madrigal comedy "I Fidi Amanti" by Gasparo Torelli
The article is devoted to revealing the continuity of literary pastorale, a musical and theatrical genre of Italian madrigal comedy of the 16th–17th centuries. The following key qualities of the pastorale genre are demonstrated on the material of the play “I Fidi Amanti” (1600) by Gasparo Torelli: puzzles, parody, pranks, presence of shepherds arguing and competing in singing, ostensibility of provisions, unpredictability of plot twists, and typical antitheses-oppositions (city – countryside, crowd – solitude, excitement – quietness). The individual and specific refraction of the musical theater genre in this play is shown.