Ko te whakakotahitanga o te puoro me te whakaari i te mahinga toi kotahi, arā, he kaiwaiata, he kaiwhakatangitangi, he kaikanikani, he kaiwhakaari ka whai wāhi mai. He momo i tīmata mai ai i Itāria i te rautau tekau mā ono.
An art form which began in Italy in the sixteenth century combining music and theatre, and involving singers, musicians, dancers and actors.