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comic opera
1noun
- a diverting opera with spoken dialogue and a happy ending.
- the tradition or genre of such operas.
comic-opera
2[ kom-ik-op-er-uh, -op-ruh ]
adjective
- comically vainglorious; having farcically self-important aspects:
a comic-opera army, proud in its ceremonial splendor but inept on the battlefield.
comic opera
noun
- a play largely set to music, employing comic effects or situations See also opéra bouffe opera buffa
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of comic opera1
First recorded in 1905–10
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He has many more wild dreams — 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’s 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’s voice, as the lead in “The Rose of Persia.â€
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A comic opera ends with a wedding, and our opera buffa is no exception.
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