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Opera comique

noun

Opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken. Synonyms: bouffe, comic opera, opera bouffe.

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... been overwhelmed, up to now, with pressing work. It will therefore be about three months before I can send you the three acts, the fate of which I leave in your hands, and for which, by the aid of an interesting libretto, we may predict good luck at the Opera Comique. I will return to this matter more in detail when I am in the position to send you the piano score (with voice), to which, as yet, I have only been able to give some too rare leisure hours, but which I promise you I will not put ...

— Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 1, "From Paris to Rome: - Years of Travel as a Virtuoso" • Franz Liszt; Letters assembled by La Mara and translated

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Words linked to "Opera comique" : operetta, opera, opera bouffe, light opera, comic opera