opéra comique

[ op-er-uh ko-meek, op-ruh; French aw-pey-ra kaw-meek ]

noun

, plural o·pé·ra co·miques, o·pé·ras co·mique, French o·pe·ras co·miques [aw-pey-, r, a, kaw-, meek].

1. comic opera.

opéra comique

/ kɒˈmiːk; ɔpera kɔmik /

noun

1. a type of opera, not necessarily comic, current in France during the 19th century and characterized by spoken dialogue. It originated in satirical parodies of grand opera

Word History and Origins

Origin of opéra comique¹

Borrowed into English from French around 1735–45

Example Sentences

I was still more agitated than on the evening when I was introduced in the box at the Opera Comique.

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To command men thus equipped there were extemporary generals, whose epaulets were obtained from the wardrobe of the Opera Comique.

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The day after you had been introduced to me at the Opera Comique.

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I worked for a whole year at the Opera Comique, at $100 a month, singing such a trying opera as Louise two and three times a week.

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He adjusts his cravat, and strikes various attitudes for the benefit of the women in the first galleries at the Opera-Comique.

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