zarzuelas
- plural of zarzuela.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Capasso said it would be part of a new series, Ópera en Español, that will aim to engage New York’s Spanish-speaking audience by offering zarzuelas and other operas in Spanish in future seasons.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2016
Returning to Pampanga, he joined a boyhood friend, handsome Rogelio de la Rosa, in writing, producing and acting in Tagalog operettas patterned after the classic Spanish zarzuelas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Are Spanish nightclub acts and zarzuelas sometimes performed by stuttering septuagenarians, Goyaesque dwarfs, and faded, toothless beauties?
From Time Magazine Archive
Don Carlos did what irate fathers always do in zarzuelas: he threatened to pack Angelita off to a convent.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doña Violante used to sing songs from Spanish zarzuelas and from French operettas, which produced in Manuel a terrible sadness.
From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac
