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Definition of Comic opera
1. Noun. Opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken.
Generic synonyms: Opera
Specialized synonyms: Light Opera, Operetta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comic Opera
Literary usage of Comic opera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogueby Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Washburn Observatory, Colorado State Library, Exeter (R.I.), Woodman Astronomical Library, Liverpool (England) by Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Washburn Observatory, Colorado State Library, Exeter (R.I.), Woodman Astronomical Library, Liverpool (England) (1884)
"Duty : an entirely Original comic opera, in two Acts ; written by WS ... Boccacio :
the Celebrated comic opera, in Three Acts ; English Original ed. pp. ..."
2. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"the following complete list of the works that succeed his two crowning triumphs: "Guido
et Ginevra," grand opera, five acts, 1838; "Les Treize," comic opera ..."
3. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"THE GENIAL IDIOT SUGGESTS A comic opera BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS "There's a harvest
for you," said the Idiot, as he perused a recently published criticism of ..."
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