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Definition of Operetta
1. Noun. A short amusing opera.
Definition of Operetta
1. n. A short, light, musical drama.
Definition of Operetta
1. Noun. (music) A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Operetta
1. a light musical drama with spoken dialogue [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Operetta
Literary usage of Operetta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essentials in Music History by Thomas Tapper, Percy Goetschius (1914)
"This last, the regenerated German operetta, was, like the serious opera of ...
There was no connection between the German operetta and the opera of the ..."
2. The Law of Unfair Competition and Trademarks: With Chapters on Good-will by Harry Dwight Nims (1917)
"Action to restrain the defendants from producing an operetta known as "Erminie."
Bill alleged that the complainant acquired the exclusive right to produce ..."
3. The Musical World (1876)
"Elena in Trola, o le Figlie di Priamo (operetta)—D'Alessio— 3. ... Lc Tre
Zie (operetta)—Giacomelli—Private Theatre, Leghorn. 17. ..."
4. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the (1898)
"In 1872 he published an operetta, "Pauline," and forty songs; in 1873, a sacred
song, " Not Ashamed of Christ," and thirty- eight popular songs, ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1865)
"This musical melodrama, or operetta, ¡я usually of lesser dimensions ... The great
mass of the public turned with exclusive preference, to the operetta. ..."
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