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light opera

NOUN
musical comedy
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Outerwear consisted of light opera coats and black leather jackets.

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2022

She found enormous success performing and recording a variety of styles including folk-rock, country, Latin, light opera and pop.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2021

She had trained in light opera and held her own in song, duetting with the popular crooner on numbers including “Once and for Always.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2020

On this date in 1899, Fritzie Scheff, famous light opera star, was annoyed when the water in her bathtub aboard her special Southern Pacific train splashed over the tub walls.

From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2018

So out of the gate of the railroad yard and into the streets of Dresden marched the light opera.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut