单词 | operette |
释义 | operetten. = operetta n. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > opera > [noun] > type of comic opera1706 grand opera1720 operetta1741 opera comique1742 burletta1748 opera buffa1783 mezzo carattere1806 opera seria1808 light opera1813 tragédie lyrique1823 opera semiseria1825 opera bouffe1842 operette1871 rescue opera1943 Peking opera1953 monodrama1954 opera magica1956 pop opera1964 bouffe- 1871 Appleton's Jrnl. 15 Apr. 444/3 His [sc. Offenbach's] operettes are no longer performed in Berlin, Munich, and Vienna, where they were formerly very popular. 1890 E. Dowson Let. 19 May (1967) 149 Playing snatches of opérette—Gilbert & Sullivan, Sultan of Mocha etc. 1928 Observer 15 Apr. 21/2 Few operettes launched on the public nowadays can compare with the delicious music of Pongrác Kacsoh. 1935 Discovery July 211/2 The Estonians have some charming ‘operettes’, too, which..without being heavy have much more in them than our average musical comedies. 1961 Times 7 Mar. 8/4 On the borderline between opera bouffe and opérette. 1977 Listener 30 June 867/1 Joan Aiken's Lost Movement, an entirely enjoyable story, offers..a pretty and melodramatic operette. 1998 B. Day Noël Coward 160/3 The operetta form—which Noël insisted on calling the operette—had always fascinated him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871 |
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