Definitions
Etymologies
- Spanish, probably from the Palace of Zarzuela, royal residence near Madrid where it was first performed. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Spanish drama is popular, as well as the delightful Spanish "zarzuela" or musical comedy.”
“They’ve been providing us with a wonderfully authentic and historically accurate opera form known as zarzuela since 2006.”
“De Falla's opera represents an ambitious and technically brilliant development and elaboration of the traditional style of flamenco story-telling called "zarzuela".”
“The second part was dedicated to Spanish popular genre "zarzuela," a type of operetta, and Latino songs.”
“Before the first zarzuela based on the Chilean miners is staged, someone should think of putting on Adam Guettel's marvellous man-stuck-in-cave musical Floyd Collins.”
“His parents were singers, so it meant a lot to him to know my mother sang opera and zarzuela--we have this bond.”
“But there's no sign of laryngitis in this aria, which is from a little known Spanish zarzuela called "La Taberna del Puerto.”
“Of course, the work and production are new to LA, a town where more people have a command of Spanish than Italian, German, or French so in some ways it would seem appropriate to bring a zarzuela such as this out to the West Coast.”
“There were no significant new works created since the 1950s; existing zarzuela is difficult and expensive to mount, and many classics have been performed only sporadically, by seasons, during only a few days.”
“Interest has been renewed since the late 1970s, as zarzuela again found favor in Spain, primarily with young people, who enjoyed the lyrical music and the theatrical spectacle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘zarzuela’.
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250 Extra Spelling Words
Some more words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
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O So Zhinsky!
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unruzuzu
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cooked words
cook, cuisine, kitchen, quittor, apricot, precocious, biscotto, biscuit, charcuterie, concoct, decoct, ricotta and 89 more...
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Random Words
I clicked random and added all of them to this list.
tagal, krypton, zarzuela, venerable, lichanos, ontological, routhe
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Just 'cause I like 'em, Z
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Dance and Music
About folk, dancing styles, music styles, popular songs, etc.
Acerca del folclore, bailes, estilos musicales, canciones populares, etc.jota, flamenco, sevillanas, salsa, samba, crooner, rock and roll, jazz, blues, soul, tango, cucaracha and 13 more...
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out forms
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