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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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of comic opera1
Example Sentences
He has many more wild dreams — to write a comic opera, to make a French record, possibly to score a film.
Opera prefaced it with a negligible short comic opera by Ullmann.
In 2014, the estate blocked Cooper’s attempt to develop a show out of a lost comic opera by Chandler, which Cooper had discovered.
He wrote his last complete comic opera for Yaw’s voice, as the lead in “The Rose of Persia.”
A comic opera ends with a wedding, and our opera buffa is no exception.
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