opera comique
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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
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
He haf found him when he was a child—der orang-outang—und he was child und brother und opera comique all round to Betran.
From Life's Handicap by Kipling, Rudyard
"Mignon," an opera comique in three acts, words by Barbier and Carré, the subject taken from Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister," was first produced at the Opera Comique, Paris, Nov.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
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)
