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comic opera

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

comic opera Musico-dramatic work with some spoken dialogue and a light or amusing plot. The term is used indiscriminately and includes musical comedy and operetta. In operatic works, it approximates most closely to early 18th-century Italian opera buffa (notably the operas of Pergolesi), but bears little relation to the French opéra comique.

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comic opera

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

comic opera. An imprecise term, though by it most people today would understand an opera with a comic element. opéra-bouffe or opera buffa means comic opera but has a specific meaning, as has opéra-comique.

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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "comic opera." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "comic opera." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-comicopera.html

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comic opera

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

com·ic op·er·a • n. an opera that portrays humorous situations and characters, enhanced by spoken dialogue. ∎ the genre of such opera.

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