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comic opera

1

noun

  1. a diverting opera with spoken dialogue and a happy ending.
  2. the tradition or genre of such operas.


comic-opera

2

[ kom-ik-op-er-uh, -op-ruh ]

adjective

  1. comically vainglorious; having farcically self-important aspects:

    a comic-opera army, proud in its ceremonial splendor but inept on the battlefield.

comic opera

noun

  1. a play largely set to music, employing comic effects or situations See also op茅ra bouffe opera buffa
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of comic opera1

First recorded in 1905鈥10
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He has many more wild dreams 鈥 to write a comic opera, to make a French record, possibly to score a film.

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Opera prefaced it with a negligible short comic opera by Ullmann.

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In 2014, the estate blocked Cooper鈥檚 attempt to develop a show out of a lost comic opera by Chandler, which Cooper had discovered.

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He wrote his last complete comic opera for Yaw鈥檚 voice, as the lead in 鈥淭he Rose of Persia.鈥

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A comic opera ends with a wedding, and our opera buffa is no exception.

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