opera comique

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Gaveaux’s setting emphasizes that celebration of domestic bliss, in keeping with the conventions of opéra comique.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2017

He had composed his work within the conventions of opéra comique, in which musical numbers are separated by spoken dialogue.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2011

It is a musicianly little work, but in form follows the traditions of the older school of opéra comique with almost exaggerated fidelity.

From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.

Hopper next produced "The Charlatan," a work bordering upon opéra comique in its first version.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert

This form of entertainment scarcely came within the province of art, but it served as a starting-point for the history of opéra comique, which was afterwards so brilliant.

From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.