comique
Noun
Meaning
comique (plural comiques)
(dated) A comic actor or singer.
Examples
After the Mélicerte and the Pastorale comique, he tried again to perform a revised Tartuffe in 1667, this time with the name of Panulphe or L'Imposteur.
Ainger, p. 162 By September, Pinafore was playing to full houses at the Opera Comique.
Curtiss, p. 352 The libretto was prepared in accordance with the conventions of opéra comique, with dialogue separating musical numbers.
Bizet turned to a novel by Sir Walter Scott for this opéra comique.
Donizetti's venture into French opéra comique.
Lortzing's "comic masterpiece", intended to show a German work could rival Italian opera buffa and French opéra comique.