: opera of a humorous character with a happy ending and usually some spoken dialogue
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Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 30 June 2023
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
And because New York doesn’t have a comic opera company, MasterVoices fills a crucial, consistently entertaining niche.
—Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
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Adjective
Rather, inflation had arisen from supply chain foul-ups caused by the Covid epidemic, an act of God rendered worse by comic-opera mismanagement under President Donald Trump.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 30 June 2023
Noun
The one-act comic opera about small-town life in 1960s Central Mexico blends stories of faith, family, mystery and migration.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
And because New York doesn’t have a comic opera company, MasterVoices fills a crucial, consistently entertaining niche.
—Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
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“Comic-opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comic-opera. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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