light opera

Noun

Meaning

a short amusing opera

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

operetta opera musical ballet minstrel comic opera musical comedy buffa grand opera musical theater minstrel show opera bouffe musical theatre ballad opera operas
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Hypernyms

bouffe comic opera opera bouffe opera comique

Examples

I was more of a light opera singer, not really much of a lounge singer. Melinda Clarke

Early successes The Sorcerer main Carte's real ambition was to develop an English form of light opera that would displace the bawdy burlesques and badly translated French operettas then dominating the London stage. Source: Internet

In practice, it is often difficult to distinguish among the various kinds of musical theatre, including "musical play", "musical comedy", "operetta" and "light opera". Source: Internet

Joseph, pp. 273–74 However, the rising costs of mounting professional light opera without any government support eventually became too much for the company. Source: Internet

The Times, 27 May 1878, p. 6 The Times and several of the other papers agreed, however, that while the piece was entertaining, Sullivan was capable of higher art, and frivolous light opera would hold him back. Source: Internet

The two would write a light opera for the Savoy, and at the same time, Sullivan a grand opera ( Ivanhoe ) for a new theatre that Carte was constructing to present British grand opera. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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