Operetta
noun
A short light musical play with speaking, singing, and dancing parts.
They rehearsed for weeks to present the operetta at the annual school event.
Often appears as...
- perform an operetta
- stage an operetta
noun
A short light musical play with speaking, singing, and dancing parts.
They rehearsed for weeks to present the operetta at the annual school event.
Often appears as...
- perform an operetta
- stage an operetta
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Pro Tip 1/3Light Entertainment
Operettas are a fun, non-serious form of theater, suitable for enjoyable outings.
Every Christmas, our community theater puts on a whimsical operetta that delights everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Not an Opera
Don't confuse operettas with operas; operettas are shorter and usually less complex.
I prefer operettas to operas since they're lighter and more amusing.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Genre
Operettas have historic roots, linked to 19th-century Europe, adding a cultural aspect.
The operetta we saw was a throwback to the 1890s, complete with period costumes and sets.
Pro Tip 1/3Light Entertainment
Operettas are a fun, non-serious form of theater, suitable for enjoyable outings.
Every Christmas, our community theater puts on a whimsical operetta that delights everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Not an Opera
Don't confuse operettas with operas; operettas are shorter and usually less complex.
I prefer operettas to operas since they're lighter and more amusing.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Genre
Operettas have historic roots, linked to 19th-century Europe, adding a cultural aspect.
The operetta we saw was a throwback to the 1890s, complete with period costumes and sets.
Pro Tip 1/3Light Entertainment
Operettas are a fun, non-serious form of theater, suitable for enjoyable outings.
Every Christmas, our community theater puts on a whimsical operetta that delights everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Not an Opera
Don't confuse operettas with operas; operettas are shorter and usually less complex.
I prefer operettas to operas since they're lighter and more amusing.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Genre
Operettas have historic roots, linked to 19th-century Europe, adding a cultural aspect.
The operetta we saw was a throwback to the 1890s, complete with period costumes and sets.
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Quote examples
Rachel Bloom
American Actress
Musical theater is an American genre. It started really, in America, as a combination of jazz and operetta; most of the great musical theater writers in the golden era are American. I think that to do a musical is a very American thing to me.
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J. K. Simmons
American Actor
I was studying music in college. I was singing, I was doing operas and Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and then I was offered a job as the music director of the Bigfork Summer Playhouse, in Bigfork, Montana.
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Leigh Bardugo
Israeli Author
I was a huge theater nerd when I was younger, so I was in a bunch of school musicals - Working,' South Pacific,' Fiddler on the Roof,' a very weird little operetta called Charlotte Sweet,' Nine,' The Wiz.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
European operetta and German singspiel provided the American musical its combination of spoken dialogue and song; the inclusion of dance traced a lineage to French baroque opera. But what a difference!
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Colm Wilkinson
Irish Musician
My mom was sort of involved in amateur dramatics like Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, and played the violin. My dad played banjo and piano and sang as well, so there was all this music in my childhood.
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Alan Menken
American Musician
Snow White' was really hip for its time. Walt Disney was basically using Sigmund Romberg and operetta in the telling of the story, and through animation - that was revolutionary.
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George C. Wolfe
American Playwright
A lot of '20s musicals were a hodgepodge of melodrama, mixed with operetta and romance, and then some sense of modernism and some sense of irreverence.
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Gustav Mahler
Austrian Composer
An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.
Quote examples
Rachel Bloom
American Actress
Musical theater is an American genre. It started really, in America, as a combination of jazz and operetta; most of the great musical theater writers in the golden era are American. I think that to do a musical is a very American thing to me.
Quote examples
J. K. Simmons
American Actor
I was studying music in college. I was singing, I was doing operas and Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and then I was offered a job as the music director of the Bigfork Summer Playhouse, in Bigfork, Montana.
Quote examples
Leigh Bardugo
Israeli Author
I was a huge theater nerd when I was younger, so I was in a bunch of school musicals - Working,' South Pacific,' Fiddler on the Roof,' a very weird little operetta called Charlotte Sweet,' Nine,' The Wiz.
Quote examples
Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
European operetta and German singspiel provided the American musical its combination of spoken dialogue and song; the inclusion of dance traced a lineage to French baroque opera. But what a difference!
Quote examples
Colm Wilkinson
Irish Musician
My mom was sort of involved in amateur dramatics like Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, and played the violin. My dad played banjo and piano and sang as well, so there was all this music in my childhood.
Quote examples
Alan Menken
American Musician
Snow White' was really hip for its time. Walt Disney was basically using Sigmund Romberg and operetta in the telling of the story, and through animation - that was revolutionary.
Quote examples
George C. Wolfe
American Playwright
A lot of '20s musicals were a hodgepodge of melodrama, mixed with operetta and romance, and then some sense of modernism and some sense of irreverence.
Quote examples
Gustav Mahler
Austrian Composer
An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.
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