opéra comique
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Etymology
Origin of opéra comique
Borrowed into English from French around 1735–45
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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 Paris it was performed in 1750, and may be said at once to have founded the school of French opéra comique.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.
After Boieldieu's time the influence of Rossini became paramount, and opéra comique, unable to resist a spell so formidable, began to lose its distinctively national characteristics.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.
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 Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
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