opera comique
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"Fra Diavolo," opera comique, in three acts, words by Scribe, was first produced at the Opera Comique, Paris, Jan.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
"La Dame Blanche," opera comique in three acts, words by Scribe, adapted from Walter Scott's novels, "The Monastery" and "Guy Mannering," was first produced at the Opera Comique, Dec.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
He haf found him when he was a child—der orangoutang—und he was child and brother and opera comique all round to Bertran.
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard
Let us sing, drink and embrace, like the chorus of an opera comique.
From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Sandars, Mary F. (Mary Frances)
Do you imagine that I would write an opera comique in the same manner as an opera seria?
From Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words by Kerst, Friedrich
