comic opera
a diverting opera with spoken dialogue and a happy ending.
the tradition or genre of such operas.
Origin of comic opera
1Words Nearby comic opera
Other definitions for comic-opera (2 of 2)
comically vainglorious; having farcically self-important aspects: a comic-opera army, proud in its ceremonial splendor but inept on the battlefield.
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How to use comic opera in a sentence
Frishberg took an early and eclectic interest in music, listening to an older brother’s boogie-woogie jazz records and to the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Dave Frishberg, composer and performer of inventive, witty jazz songs, dies at 88 | Matt Schudel | November 19, 2021 | Washington PostThat is true, but still I was not exactly a comic opera villain.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the Oxford writer who best captures this comic opera is its longtime writer in residence, the sadly now-deceased Barry Hannah.
Oxford, MS, Famous: Elvis, Kimonos, Castor Beans, and a Grinder | Stuart Stevens | April 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAiles knows how to make the confusion of the news into a nervous and strangely comforting comic opera.
A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Wills
At last Monsieur Carvalho asked me to write a comic opera, and to take my subject from Molire.
He might better have been in comic opera than in the humble occupation of selling crabs and lobsters.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines | Florence Kimball RusselHe says it's not an ordinary burlesque, but a mixture of a problem play and a comic opera.
So far so well, but I doubt whether the native comic opera will survive its originators.
The English Stage | Augustin Filon
British Dictionary definitions for comic opera
a play largely set to music, employing comic effects or situations: See also opéra bouffe, opera buffa
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