operetta
noun
op·er·et·ta
ˌä-pə-ˈre-tə 
: a usually romantic comic opera that includes songs and dancing
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During the operetta, Pavlov was interrupted in his box by a new report of unusual activity: the Germans had removed the barbed wire from their side of the border, and the sound of motors had grown louder, even at a distance.
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Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017
There will also be cabaret evenings featuring opera, operetta and Broadway scenes at 7:30 p.m. July 5 and 6 at an as-yet unannounced location.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
The result is a riveting suite of pop operettas mixing R&B melodies with alt-rock riffs, voice-note recordings, phone-notification pings, and anxious ad libs, all stitched together in Gray’s sprawling self-productions.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
Baby Driver was almost like an operetta all the way through.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017
There will also be cabaret evenings featuring opera, operetta and Broadway scenes at 7:30 p.m. July 5 and 6 at an as-yet unannounced location.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
The result is a riveting suite of pop operettas mixing R&B melodies with alt-rock riffs, voice-note recordings, phone-notification pings, and anxious ad libs, all stitched together in Gray’s sprawling self-productions.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
Baby Driver was almost like an operetta all the way through.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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operetta
noun
op·er·et·ta
ˌäp-ə-ˈret-ə
: a light play set to music with speaking, singing, and dancing scenes
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