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
Just at this time light opera, or opéra comique, found in Auber its greatest composer.
From Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women by Benton, Caroline French
In Paris it was performed in 1750, and may be said at once to have founded the school of French opéra comique.
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.
