Look up: operetta

1. Operetta
   A short or humorous opera.
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2. operetta
   [n] - a short amusing opera
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3. operetta
   a short opera, or musical comedy on operatic lines. Category: General
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4. Operetta
   Op`er·et'ta noun [ Italian , dim. of opera .] (Mus.) A short, light, musical drama.
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5. operetta
   light opera noun a short amusing opera
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6. Operetta
   • (n.) A short, light, musical drama.
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7. operetta
   musical-dramatic production similar in structure to a light opera but characteristically having a romantically sentimental plot interspersed with ... [3 related articles]
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8. operetta
   operetta A theatrical production, usually with a comic theme, similar to opera but with much spoken dialogue and usually some dancing. Gilbert and Sullivan wrote many operettas.
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9. Operetta
   
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10. Operetta
    think of Operetta as Light Opera (although Opera Lite is probably going a bit too far toward pejorative). It generally entails comedic subject matter, and spoken dialogue instead of recitative. What primarily distinguishes Operetta from Musical Comedy is Operetta
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11. Operetta
    An operetta is a short, light, musical drama.
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12. operetta
    operetta (opuret'u) , type of light opera with a frivolous, sentimental story, often employing parody and satire and containing both spoken dialogue and much light, pleasant music. In the early 19th-century opéras comiques of Boieldieu, Auber, and Adolphe Adam, there was a growing tendenc...
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13. operetta
    Light form of opera, with music, dance, and spoken dialogue. The story line is romantic and sentimental, often employing farce and parody. Its origins lie in the 19th-century opéra comique and it is intended to amuse. Examples of operetta are Jacques Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers/Orpheus in the Unde...
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14. Operetta
    , the birthplace of Offenbach`s operettas (1860)`Operetta` is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre. Operetta in French: Origins: Operetta grew out of the French opéra c...
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