opéra comique
Americannoun
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opéra comiques,
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opéras comique,
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operas comiques
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of opéra comique
Borrowed into English from French around 1735–45
Example Sentences
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Gaveaux’s setting emphasizes that celebration of domestic bliss, in keeping with the conventions of opéra comique.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2017
He had composed his work within the conventions of opéra comique, in which musical numbers are separated by spoken dialogue.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2011
In 1872 he brought out “Don Cæsar de Bazan,” an opéra comique in three acts, and in the following year incidental music to the tragedy “Les Erinnyes,” after Æschylus.
From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
To him is largely due the development of opéra comique which has taken place within the last twenty years, a development which has taken it almost to the confines of grand opera.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland
Of the many writers of opéra comique at the beginning of this century, it will be enough to mention two of the most prominent, Nicolo and Boieldieu.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland
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