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单词 ballad opera
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ballad opera


noun

a theater entertainment of 18th-century England, consisting of popular tunes, folk songs, and dialogue.

Origin of ballad opera

First recorded in1770–80

Words nearby ballad opera

balladeer, balladist, balladize, ballad metre, balladmonger, ballad opera, balladry, ballad stanza, ball ammunition, Ballance, ball and chain
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Example sentences from the Web for ballad opera

  • In 1762 also was produced the ballad-opera Love in a Cottage.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6|Various
  • It was one of the best examples of ballad-opera ever written.

    A Short History of English Music|Ernest Ford
  • Mr. Lillo had previously written a ballad-opera, "Sylvia;" but now he aimed to show the hideousness and consequence of vice.

    Their Majesties' Servants (Volume 2 of 3)|John Doran

British Dictionary definitions for ballad opera

ballad opera

noun

an opera consisting of popular tunes to which appropriate words have been set, interspersed with spoken dialogue
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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