operetta

Noun

Meaning

A short, light, musical drama.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

light opera opera musical comedy ballet minstrel bouffe art form comic opera musical comedy grand opera Oprah musical theater minstrel show opera bouffe

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Hypernyms

bouffe comic opera opera bouffe opera comique

Phrases with the word

operetta house

Examples

Another operetta by Offenbach which pokes fun at Greek mythology. Source: Internet

Considering how Zola's Nana describes an Offenbach-style operetta performance in Paris, it is not surprising that the mostly male, upper-class audience crowded the various theaters every evening. Source: Internet

English comic opera adopted many of the successful ideas of European operetta, none more successfully than the series of more than a dozen long-running Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, including H.M.S. Pinafore (1878) and The Mikado (1885). Source: Internet

A few zarzuelas (Spanish operetta ) were even adapted as screenplays during the silent era. Source: Internet

Brahms even struggled to get to the Theater an der Wien in Vienna for the premiere of Strauss's operetta Die Göttin der Vernunft in March 1897 before his death. Source: Internet

Definitions Candide has been performed as a Broadway musical, and as an operetta at New York City Opera and elsewhere. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

operculum operculum sellae turcicae opere citato operetta house operette operettic