1) Amusing musical production 2) Bouffe 3) Comic musical work 4) Comic opera 5) Friml piece 6) Gilbert & Sullivan production 7) Gilbert and sullivan creation 8) Gilbert and sullivan genre 9) Gilbert and Sullivan offering 10) Gilbert and Sullivan opus 11) Gilbert and sullivan work 12) Italian musical term
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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 comique around the middle of the 19th century, to satisfy a need for short, light works in contrast to...
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• (n.) A short, light, musical drama.
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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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Op`er·et'ta noun [ Italian , dim. of
opera .]
(Mus.) A short, light, musical drama.
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A short or humorous opera.
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An operetta is a short, light, musical drama.
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[
n] - a short amusing opera
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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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A play, some of which is spoken but with many musical numbers.
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A type of light opera. Popular from the mid-19th Century until the 1930s these are generally shorter and funnier than conventional operas. There are many styles but most have spoken dialogue and dance sequences. Somewhat of a transitional form to modern musical theatre.
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light opera noun a short amusing opera
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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
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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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A short light musical drama.
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a light opera with spoken dialogue, songs, and dances.
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A short opera, usually on a light or humorous theme and typically having spoken dialogue. Notable composers of operettas include Offenbach, Johann Strauss, Franz Lehar and comic opera duo Gilbert and Sullivan.
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a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
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Literally, “Little opera.” A kind of entertainment, popular between about 1850 and World War I, using music to ornament or decorate a light-hearted drama.
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