opéra comique
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How to use opéra comique in a sentence
I was still more agitated than on the evening when I was introduced in the box at the Opera Comique.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsTo command men thus equipped there were extemporary generals, whose epaulets were obtained from the wardrobe of the Opera Comique.
The day after you had been introduced to me at the Opera Comique.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsI 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.
Great Singers on the Art of Singing | James Francis CookeHe adjusts his cravat, and strikes various attitudes for the benefit of the women in the first galleries at the Opera-Comique.
Father Goriot | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for opéra comique
/ (kɒˈmiːk, French ɔpera kɔmik) /
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
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