opera comique

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Opera comique is not synonymous with comic opera, for the plot of opera comique is as often serious as not.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson

The attendant attempted to push it on behind, at the same time he gave it a sharp blow with his sheathed sword; this changed the scene to the "opera comique."

From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

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

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