operetta in English

noun
1
a short opera, usually on a light or humorous theme and typically having spoken dialogue. Notable composers of operettas include Offenbach, Johann Strauss, Lehár, and Gilbert and Sullivan.
She has performed in many operas, operettas , musicals and oratorios.
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1. Actress Dolly Davis - Mona Paiva - operetta singer Yvonne Brothier - actress Paulette Dubost .

2. In 1992, Villas played in the musical Hello, Dolly! at Cracow Operetta House.

3. But with an operetta, you have to pay singers, and the orchestra

4. Africana (Original, Musical, Operetta, Broadway) opened in New York City Nov 26, 1934 and played through Nov 28, 1934.

5. According to Irving Tan of Sputnikmusic, "Belle" is an "idyllic, orchestra-driven" musical number, written in the style of a traditional operetta.

6. In some forms of opera, such as singspiel, opéra comique, operetta, and semi-opera, the recitative is mostly replaced by spoken dialogue.

7. His first attempt at operetta, a one-act piece called Un fi, deux fi, trois figurants, was given at the Alcazar café-chantant on 1 April 1872.

8. English words and Examples of Usage use "Ailing" in a sentence while the frivolous idiom lent the operetta some initial success, the Ailing work soon became forgotten in the Soviet

9. ‘This comic operetta tells the story of a South Sea Island despot who wishes to Anglicise his island by importing all things English.’ ‘For Owen, to whom speaking English has brought success and respectability, anglicising Irish place names represents the modernisation of Ireland as a nation.’