opéra comique
Americannoun
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opéra comiques,
plural
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opéras comique,
plural
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operas comiques
plural
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
It is a musicianly little work, but in form follows the traditions of the older school of opéra comique with almost exaggerated fidelity.
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
This form of entertainment scarcely came within the province of art, but it served as a starting-point for the history of opéra comique, which was afterwards so brilliant.
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
In the season proper Mr. Hammerstein tried to give opéra comique, as he politely called it, though it was largely opéra bouffe, and when the experiment proved a failure he courageously abandoned it.
From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Henry Edward Krehbiel
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