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- noun A light
popera with a frivolous story.
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are also some boy-girl ballads in the international poperetta style of Boublil-Schonberg, sung by Mr. Rawle and the demure Emma Williams (who was Truly Scrumptious in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” here), which suggest the aural equivalent of the figurines on a wedding cake.
London Theater Journal: Up in Flames - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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There are also some boy-girl ballads in the international poperetta style of Boublil-Schonberg, sung by Mr. Rawle and the demure Emma Williams (who was Truly Scrumptious in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” here), which suggest the aural equivalent of the figurines on a wedding cake.
London Theater Journal: Up in Flames - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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This 1989 poperetta, based on David Garnett's 1955 novel about musical beds in the south of France, has been brought back to life by the London theater's favorite mighty mouse, the
NYT > Home Page 2010
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