opera comique
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The attendant attempted to push it on behind, at the same time he gave it a sharp blow with his sheathed sword; this changed the scene to the "opera comique."
From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
"Mignon," an opera comique in three acts, words by Barbier and Carré, the subject taken from Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister," was first produced at the Opera Comique, Paris, Nov.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
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
Opera comique is not synonymous with comic opera, for the plot of opera comique is as often serious as not.
From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson
Daniel François Esprit Auber, one of the most prominent representatives of the opera comique, was born at Caen, in Normandy, Jan.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
