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- noun A nineteenth-century form of
French opera , emphasisingmelody and having aromantic orfantasy theme.
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misterpolly commented on the word lyric opera
Italian uses this (opera lirica) simply to mean what we call opera. "Opera" in Italian is an artistic creation of any kind (opus).
February 14, 2008