opera comique
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I have heard the "Miserere" in the Sistine Chapel, and in comparison with the raising of the flag over the city of Santiago it was opera comique.
From The Surrender of Santiago An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 17, 1898 by Norris, Frank
He haf found him when he was a child—der orangoutang—und he was child and brother and opera comique all round to Bertran.
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard
In 1858 he made his first essay in opera comique, and produced "Le Médecin malgré lui," which met with remarkable success.
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
Pretty well everything was acted at the theatre of Quiquendone; but the opera and the opera comique were especially patronized.
From A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories by Verne, Jules
