Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A comic actor or singer.
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Examples
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Rossini was too potent for the plastic Gauls to resist, and to his influence may be traced the most salient features of the school of opéra comique which is best represented by Auber.
The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892
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Confusingly called an opéra comique because it has spoken dialogue, its subject is tragic.
Top 50 operas 2011
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Written at a time when busily contrapuntal late-baroque composition was giving way to the pared-down elegance of the emergent Classical style, Gretry's opera-comique occupies an intriguing middle ground.
Music review: Opera Lafayette's 'Le Magnifique' Joe Banno 2011
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For those interested: “Manon” is the title of a charming XIXe century “opéra comique” by Massenet, based on Manon Lascaut, an XVIIIe century novel by Prévost.
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The use of spoken dialogue linking this powerful work's musical numbers categorized it, in the peculiar conventions of the time, as an "opéra-comique."
Rodney Punt: Cherubini's Medea to Launch Long Beach Opera's New Season Rodney Punt 2011
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Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet.
Jade Simmons: Bachmann as Butterfly?: GOP Candidates Reimagined as Famous Opera Characters, Part 2 Jade Simmons 2012
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The use of spoken dialogue linking this powerful work's musical numbers categorized it, in the peculiar conventions of the time, as an "opéra-comique."
Rodney Punt: Cherubini's Medea to Launch Long Beach Opera's New Season Rodney Punt 2011
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Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet.
Jade Simmons: Bachmann as Butterfly?: GOP Candidates Reimagined as Famous Opera Characters, Part 2 Jade Simmons 2012
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The use of spoken dialogue linking this powerful work's musical numbers categorized it, in the peculiar conventions of the time, as an "opéra-comique."
Rodney Punt: Cherubini's Medea to Launch Long Beach Opera's New Season Rodney Punt 2011
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The company's challenge here was to establish the proper place of "Sancho Panca," a light musical comedy (technically, an opéra-comique) about an episode in Cervantes's "Don Quixote" when the protagonist's beloved sidekick is set up, as a prank, as the governor of a fictive island.
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