On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Operetta. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as bouffe and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Operetta meaning
A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue.
Synonyms of Operetta
Using Operetta
- The main meaning on this page is: A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue.
- Useful related words include: light opera, comic opera, opera bouffe, bouffe.
- In the example corpus, operetta often appears in combinations such as: operetta in, an operetta, the operetta.
Context around Operetta
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Operetta
- In this selection, "operetta" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, austrian, german, third, die, berlin and excerpts stand out and add context to how "operetta" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a yiddish operetta in 1935 and another operetta by offenbach. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "operetta" sits close to words such as aaryan, abating and absolved, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with operetta
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Is it an opera, a musical, an operetta? (8 words)
Another operetta by Offenbach which pokes fun at Greek mythology. (10 words)
It would be a dream come true, to be in the weekly operetta. (13 words)
English comic opera adopted many of the successful ideas of European operetta, none more successfully than the series of more than a dozen long-running Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, including H.M.S. Pinafore (1878) and The Mikado (1885). (40 words)
Salute to Vienna: New Year’s Concert — A joyful experience and holiday tradition for more than 20 years, this musical celebration draws inspiration from the Austrian capital’s famed Neujahrskonzert with Strauss waltzes, polkas, and operetta excerpts. (37 words)
Gavin Plumley, "Puccini's Bittersweet Operetta", San Francisco Opera program, Nov/Dec 2007, pp.30/31 The composer continued to work at revising this, the least known of his mature operas, until his death. (34 words)
Is it an opera, a musical, an operetta? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
Germany In the same way that Vienna was the center of Austrian operetta, Berlin was the center of German operetta.
His third operetta, Die Fledermaus (1874), became the most performed operetta in the world, and remains his most popular stage work.
Operetta in German Austria-Hungary Johann Strauss II The most significant composer of operetta in the German language was the Austrian Johann Strauss II (1825–1899).
Is it an opera, a musical, an operetta?
Salute to Vienna: New Year’s Concert — A joyful experience and holiday tradition for more than 20 years, this musical celebration draws inspiration from the Austrian capital’s famed Neujahrskonzert with Strauss waltzes, polkas, and operetta excerpts.
Maryland’s Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents a new take on the beloved Gilbert & Sullivan operetta.
The song was originally written by Sholem Secunda for a Yiddish operetta in 1935.
It would be a dream come true, to be in the weekly operetta.
She said audiences can expect “a lot of fun bits” from the comedic operetta.
The satirical operetta debuted in London on March 14, 1885 and has gone on to become one of the most-performed pieces of musical theatre of all time.
A few zarzuelas (Spanish operetta ) were even adapted as screenplays during the silent era.
Another operetta by Offenbach which pokes fun at Greek mythology.
Brahms even struggled to get to the Theater an der Wien in Vienna for the premiere of Strauss's operetta Die Göttin der Vernunft in March 1897 before his death.
Composers of Operetta, New York, 1962 He frequently added Sullivan opera overtures or other Sullivan pieces to his concerts.
Considering how Zola's Nana describes an Offenbach-style operetta performance in Paris, it is not surprising that the mostly male, upper-class audience crowded the various theaters every evening.
Definitions Candide has been performed as a Broadway musical, and as an operetta at New York City Opera and elsewhere.
English comic opera adopted many of the successful ideas of European operetta, none more successfully than the series of more than a dozen long-running Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, including H.M.S. Pinafore (1878) and The Mikado (1885).
For instance, American composer Scott Joplin insisted that his serious but ragtime -influenced work Treemonisha (1911) was an opera, but some reference works characterize it as an operetta.
Gavin Plumley, "Puccini's Bittersweet Operetta", San Francisco Opera program, Nov/Dec 2007, pp.30/31 The composer continued to work at revising this, the least known of his mature operas, until his death.
He learned the violin at age six, the piano at eight, and wrote his first operetta (with help from his mother) at ten.
Common combinations with operetta
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- operetta in 7×
- an operetta 6×
- the operetta 5×
- of operetta 4×
- and operetta 3×
- operetta the 3×
- operetta was 3×
- german operetta 2×
- operetta die 2×
- sullivan operetta 2×